diff --git a/io_uring/poll.c b/io_uring/poll.c
index 5f779139cae1..6db1dcb2c797 100644
--- a/io_uring/poll.c
+++ b/io_uring/poll.c
@@ -996,7 +996,6 @@ int io_poll_remove(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 	struct io_hash_bucket *bucket;
 	struct io_kiocb *preq;
 	int ret2, ret = 0;
-	struct io_tw_state ts = { .locked = true };
 
 	io_ring_submit_lock(ctx, issue_flags);
 	preq = io_poll_find(ctx, true, &cd, &ctx->cancel_table, &bucket);
@@ -1045,7 +1044,8 @@ found:
 
 	req_set_fail(preq);
 	io_req_set_res(preq, -ECANCELED, 0);
-	io_req_task_complete(preq, &ts);
+	preq->io_task_work.func = io_req_task_complete;
+	io_req_task_work_add(preq);
 out:
 	io_ring_submit_unlock(ctx, issue_flags);
 	if (ret < 0) {