diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 27a8c226abf8..91e517ad1421 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -1713,6 +1713,16 @@ static void io_cqring_ev_posted(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 		eventfd_signal(ctx->cq_ev_fd, 1);
 }
 
+static void io_cqring_ev_posted_iopoll(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	if (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_SQPOLL) {
+		if (waitqueue_active(&ctx->wait))
+			wake_up(&ctx->wait);
+	}
+	if (io_should_trigger_evfd(ctx))
+		eventfd_signal(ctx->cq_ev_fd, 1);
+}
+
 /* Returns true if there are no backlogged entries after the flush */
 static bool __io_cqring_overflow_flush(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, bool force,
 				       struct task_struct *tsk,
@@ -2428,8 +2438,7 @@ static void io_iopoll_complete(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, unsigned int *nr_events,
 	}
 
 	io_commit_cqring(ctx);
-	if (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_SQPOLL)
-		io_cqring_ev_posted(ctx);
+	io_cqring_ev_posted_iopoll(ctx);
 	io_req_free_batch_finish(ctx, &rb);
 
 	if (!list_empty(&again))