diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 1d5bc669afd9..3a7be1695c39 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -2949,8 +2949,7 @@ static __cold int io_uring_create(struct io_ctx_config *config)
 		static_branch_inc(&io_key_has_sqarray);
 
 	if ((ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_DEFER_TASKRUN) &&
-	    !(ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL) &&
-	    !(ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_SQPOLL))
+	    !(ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL))
 		ctx->task_complete = true;
 
 	if (ctx->task_complete || (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL))