diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index a467064da1af..f181876e415b 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -3121,7 +3121,18 @@ static __cold void io_ring_exit_work(struct work_struct *work)
 			/* there is little hope left, don't run it too often */
 			interval = HZ * 60;
 		}
-	} while (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&ctx->ref_comp, interval));
+		/*
+		 * This is really an uninterruptible wait, as it has to be
+		 * complete. But it's also run from a kworker, which doesn't
+		 * take signals, so it's fine to make it interruptible. This
+		 * avoids scenarios where we knowingly can wait much longer
+		 * on completions, for example if someone does a SIGSTOP on
+		 * a task that needs to finish task_work to make this loop
+		 * complete. That's a synthetic situation that should not
+		 * cause a stuck task backtrace, and hence a potential panic
+		 * on stuck tasks if that is enabled.
+		 */
+	} while (!wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(&ctx->ref_comp, interval));
 
 	init_completion(&exit.completion);
 	init_task_work(&exit.task_work, io_tctx_exit_cb);
@@ -3145,7 +3156,12 @@ static __cold void io_ring_exit_work(struct work_struct *work)
 			continue;
 
 		mutex_unlock(&ctx->uring_lock);
-		wait_for_completion(&exit.completion);
+		/*
+		 * See comment above for
+		 * wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout() on why this
+		 * wait is marked as interruptible.
+		 */
+		wait_for_completion_interruptible(&exit.completion);
 		mutex_lock(&ctx->uring_lock);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&ctx->uring_lock);