diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 3d30f7b07677..4d8366bc226f 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -3773,6 +3773,9 @@ static int io_read(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 
 	if (ret == -EAGAIN || (req->flags & REQ_F_REISSUE)) {
 		req->flags &= ~REQ_F_REISSUE;
+		/* if we can poll, just do that */
+		if (req->opcode == IORING_OP_READ && file_can_poll(req->file))
+			return -EAGAIN;
 		/* IOPOLL retry should happen for io-wq threads */
 		if (!force_nonblock && !(req->ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL))
 			goto done;