diff --git a/io_uring/kbuf.c b/io_uring/kbuf.c
index 3002dc8271959..0fdcc0adbdbcc 100644
--- a/io_uring/kbuf.c
+++ b/io_uring/kbuf.c
@@ -228,7 +228,6 @@ static int __io_remove_buffers(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 		return i;
 	}
 
-	/* the head kbuf is the list itself */
 	while (!list_empty(&bl->buf_list)) {
 		struct io_buffer *nxt;
 
@@ -238,7 +237,6 @@ static int __io_remove_buffers(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 			return i;
 		cond_resched();
 	}
-	i++;
 
 	return i;
 }