diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 2a8b8c304d2a..4a865f0e85d0 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ static void __io_req_complete_post(struct io_kiocb *req)
 
 void io_req_complete_post(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned issue_flags)
 {
-	if (req->ctx->task_complete && (issue_flags & IO_URING_F_IOWQ)) {
+	if (req->ctx->task_complete && req->ctx->submitter_task != current) {
 		req->io_task_work.func = io_req_task_complete;
 		io_req_task_work_add(req);
 	} else if (!(issue_flags & IO_URING_F_UNLOCKED) ||