diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 1265dc1942eb4..ad389466a9128 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ struct io_uring_task {
 
 	spinlock_t		task_lock;
 	struct io_wq_work_list	task_list;
+	struct io_wq_work_list	prior_task_list;
 	struct callback_head	task_work;
 	bool			task_running;
 };
@@ -2226,12 +2227,12 @@ static void tctx_task_work(struct callback_head *cb)
 	while (1) {
 		struct io_wq_work_node *node;
 
-		if (!tctx->task_list.first && locked)
+		if (!tctx->prior_task_list.first &&
+		    !tctx->task_list.first && locked)
 			io_submit_flush_completions(ctx);
 
 		spin_lock_irq(&tctx->task_lock);
-		node = tctx->task_list.first;
-		INIT_WQ_LIST(&tctx->task_list);
+		node= wq_list_merge(&tctx->prior_task_list, &tctx->task_list);
 		if (!node)
 			tctx->task_running = false;
 		spin_unlock_irq(&tctx->task_lock);
@@ -2260,7 +2261,7 @@ static void tctx_task_work(struct callback_head *cb)
 	ctx_flush_and_put(ctx, &locked);
 }
 
-static void io_req_task_work_add(struct io_kiocb *req)
+static void io_req_task_work_add(struct io_kiocb *req, bool priority)
 {
 	struct task_struct *tsk = req->task;
 	struct io_uring_task *tctx = tsk->io_uring;
@@ -2272,7 +2273,10 @@ static void io_req_task_work_add(struct io_kiocb *req)
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!tctx);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&tctx->task_lock, flags);
-	wq_list_add_tail(&req->io_task_work.node, &tctx->task_list);
+	if (priority)
+		wq_list_add_tail(&req->io_task_work.node, &tctx->prior_task_list);
+	else
+		wq_list_add_tail(&req->io_task_work.node, &tctx->task_list);
 	running = tctx->task_running;
 	if (!running)
 		tctx->task_running = true;
@@ -2297,8 +2301,7 @@ static void io_req_task_work_add(struct io_kiocb *req)
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&tctx->task_lock, flags);
 	tctx->task_running = false;
-	node = tctx->task_list.first;
-	INIT_WQ_LIST(&tctx->task_list);
+	node = wq_list_merge(&tctx->prior_task_list, &tctx->task_list);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tctx->task_lock, flags);
 
 	while (node) {
@@ -2335,19 +2338,19 @@ static void io_req_task_queue_fail(struct io_kiocb *req, int ret)
 {
 	req->result = ret;
 	req->io_task_work.func = io_req_task_cancel;
-	io_req_task_work_add(req);
+	io_req_task_work_add(req, false);
 }
 
 static void io_req_task_queue(struct io_kiocb *req)
 {
 	req->io_task_work.func = io_req_task_submit;
-	io_req_task_work_add(req);
+	io_req_task_work_add(req, false);
 }
 
 static void io_req_task_queue_reissue(struct io_kiocb *req)
 {
 	req->io_task_work.func = io_queue_async_work;
-	io_req_task_work_add(req);
+	io_req_task_work_add(req, false);
 }
 
 static inline void io_queue_next(struct io_kiocb *req)
@@ -2457,7 +2460,7 @@ static inline void io_put_req_deferred(struct io_kiocb *req)
 {
 	if (req_ref_put_and_test(req)) {
 		req->io_task_work.func = io_free_req_work;
-		io_req_task_work_add(req);
+		io_req_task_work_add(req, false);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2744,7 +2747,7 @@ static void io_complete_rw(struct kiocb *kiocb, long res)
 		return;
 	req->result = res;
 	req->io_task_work.func = io_req_task_complete;
-	io_req_task_work_add(req);
+	io_req_task_work_add(req, true);
 }
 
 static void io_complete_rw_iopoll(struct kiocb *kiocb, long res)
@@ -2986,7 +2989,7 @@ static void kiocb_done(struct io_kiocb *req, ssize_t ret,
 			req_set_fail(req);
 			req->result = ret;
 			req->io_task_work.func = io_req_task_complete;
-			io_req_task_work_add(req);
+			io_req_task_work_add(req, false);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -5309,7 +5312,7 @@ static int __io_async_wake(struct io_kiocb *req, struct io_poll_iocb *poll,
 	 * of executing it. We can't safely execute it anyway, as we may not
 	 * have the needed state needed for it anyway.
 	 */
-	io_req_task_work_add(req);
+	io_req_task_work_add(req, false);
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -5972,7 +5975,7 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart io_timeout_fn(struct hrtimer *timer)
 
 	req->result = -ETIME;
 	req->io_task_work.func = io_req_task_complete;
-	io_req_task_work_add(req);
+	io_req_task_work_add(req, false);
 	return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
 }
 
@@ -6947,7 +6950,7 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart io_link_timeout_fn(struct hrtimer *timer)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->timeout_lock, flags);
 
 	req->io_task_work.func = io_req_task_link_timeout;
-	io_req_task_work_add(req);
+	io_req_task_work_add(req, false);
 	return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
 }
 
@@ -8662,6 +8665,7 @@ static __cold int io_uring_alloc_task_context(struct task_struct *task,
 	task->io_uring = tctx;
 	spin_lock_init(&tctx->task_lock);
 	INIT_WQ_LIST(&tctx->task_list);
+	INIT_WQ_LIST(&tctx->prior_task_list);
 	init_task_work(&tctx->task_work, tctx_task_work);
 	return 0;
 }