diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 34c1864eee212..e621c9f5729ff 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -7229,8 +7229,6 @@ static void io_sq_thread_finish(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 
 		io_put_sq_data(sqd);
 		ctx->sq_data = NULL;
-		if (ctx->sq_creds)
-			put_cred(ctx->sq_creds);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -8425,6 +8423,8 @@ static void io_ring_ctx_free(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 	mutex_unlock(&ctx->uring_lock);
 	io_eventfd_unregister(ctx);
 	io_destroy_buffers(ctx);
+	if (ctx->sq_creds)
+		put_cred(ctx->sq_creds);
 
 	/* there are no registered resources left, nobody uses it */
 	if (ctx->rsrc_node)