diff --git a/io_uring/rsrc.h b/io_uring/rsrc.h
index 190f7ee45de9..a6d883c62b22 100644
--- a/io_uring/rsrc.h
+++ b/io_uring/rsrc.h
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static inline struct io_rsrc_node *io_rsrc_node_lookup(struct io_rsrc_data *data
 static inline void io_put_rsrc_node(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct io_rsrc_node *node)
 {
 	lockdep_assert_held(&ctx->uring_lock);
-	if (node && !--node->refs)
+	if (!--node->refs)
 		io_free_rsrc_node(ctx, node);
 }
 
diff --git a/io_uring/splice.c b/io_uring/splice.c
index 5b84f1630611..7b89bd84d486 100644
--- a/io_uring/splice.c
+++ b/io_uring/splice.c
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ void io_splice_cleanup(struct io_kiocb *req)
 {
 	struct io_splice *sp = io_kiocb_to_cmd(req, struct io_splice);
 
-	io_put_rsrc_node(req->ctx, sp->rsrc_node);
+	if (sp->rsrc_node)
+		io_put_rsrc_node(req->ctx, sp->rsrc_node);
 }
 
 static struct file *io_splice_get_file(struct io_kiocb *req,