diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index dffa85d4dc7a0..d5ea3c6167b55 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -7405,6 +7405,8 @@ static int io_poll_add(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 	ipt.pt._qproc = io_poll_queue_proc;
 
 	ret = __io_arm_poll_handler(req, &req->poll, &ipt, poll->events);
+	if (!ret && ipt.error)
+		req_set_fail(req);
 	ret = ret ?: ipt.error;
 	if (ret)
 		__io_req_complete(req, issue_flags, ret, 0);