diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 70ae7e840c85..79c90eb28c0d 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -924,6 +924,7 @@ static struct io_ring_ctx *io_ring_ctx_alloc(struct io_uring_params *p)
 		goto err;
 
 	ctx->flags = p->flags;
+	init_waitqueue_head(&ctx->sqo_wait);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&ctx->cq_wait);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctx->cq_overflow_list);
 	init_completion(&ctx->completions[0]);
@@ -6837,7 +6838,6 @@ static int io_sq_offload_start(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	init_waitqueue_head(&ctx->sqo_wait);
 	mmgrab(current->mm);
 	ctx->sqo_mm = current->mm;