diff --git a/io_uring/io-wq.c b/io_uring/io-wq.c
index 7a9f94a0ce6f..8cc7b47d3089 100644
--- a/io_uring/io-wq.c
+++ b/io_uring/io-wq.c
@@ -1124,7 +1124,8 @@ static inline void io_wq_remove_pending(struct io_wq *wq,
 	if (io_wq_is_hashed(work) && work == wq->hash_tail[hash]) {
 		if (prev)
 			prev_work = container_of(prev, struct io_wq_work, list);
-		if (prev_work && io_get_work_hash(prev_work) == hash)
+		if (prev_work && io_wq_is_hashed(prev_work) &&
+		    io_get_work_hash(prev_work) == hash)
 			wq->hash_tail[hash] = prev_work;
 		else
 			wq->hash_tail[hash] = NULL;