diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index cc1f2f3b7bfa..c686061c3762 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -1376,11 +1376,7 @@ static struct io_kiocb *io_alloc_req(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 	gfp_t gfp = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN;
 	struct io_kiocb *req;
 
-	if (!state) {
-		req = kmem_cache_alloc(req_cachep, gfp);
-		if (unlikely(!req))
-			goto fallback;
-	} else if (!state->free_reqs) {
+	if (!state->free_reqs) {
 		size_t sz;
 		int ret;