diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index b9013fc14f74e..15de14d4331b0 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -6471,10 +6471,7 @@ static int io_timeout_cancel(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, __u64 user_data)
 
 	if (IS_ERR(req))
 		return PTR_ERR(req);
-
-	req_set_fail(req);
-	io_fill_cqe_req(req, -ECANCELED, 0);
-	io_put_req_deferred(req);
+	io_req_task_queue_fail(req, -ECANCELED);
 	return 0;
 }