diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 62be51fbf39c..6cc16e39b27f 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -2804,15 +2804,12 @@ static __cold void io_ring_ctx_wait_and_kill(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 		io_poll_remove_all(ctx, NULL, true);
 	mutex_unlock(&ctx->uring_lock);
 
-	/* failed during ring init, it couldn't have issued any requests */
-	if (ctx->rings) {
+	/*
+	 * If we failed setting up the ctx, we might not have any rings
+	 * and therefore did not submit any requests
+	 */
+	if (ctx->rings)
 		io_kill_timeouts(ctx, NULL, true);
-		/* if we failed setting up the ctx, we might not have any rings */
-		io_iopoll_try_reap_events(ctx);
-		/* drop cached put refs after potentially doing completions */
-		if (current->io_uring)
-			io_uring_drop_tctx_refs(current);
-	}
 
 	INIT_WORK(&ctx->exit_work, io_ring_exit_work);
 	/*