--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -112,8 +112,7 @@
 			IOSQE_IO_DRAIN | IOSQE_CQE_SKIP_SUCCESS)
 
 #define IO_REQ_CLEAN_FLAGS (REQ_F_BUFFER_SELECTED | REQ_F_NEED_CLEANUP | \
-				REQ_F_POLLED | REQ_F_INFLIGHT | REQ_F_CREDS | \
-				REQ_F_ASYNC_DATA)
+				REQ_F_POLLED | REQ_F_CREDS | REQ_F_ASYNC_DATA)
 
 #define IO_TCTX_REFS_CACHE_NR	(1U << 10)
 
@@ -469,7 +468,6 @@ struct io_uring_task {
 	const struct io_ring_ctx *last;
 	struct io_wq		*io_wq;
 	struct percpu_counter	inflight;
-	atomic_t		inflight_tracked;
 	atomic_t		in_idle;
 
 	spinlock_t		task_lock;
@@ -1131,6 +1129,8 @@ static void io_clean_op(struct io_kiocb
 static inline struct file *io_file_get_fixed(struct io_kiocb *req, int fd,
 					     unsigned issue_flags);
 static inline struct file *io_file_get_normal(struct io_kiocb *req, int fd);
+static void io_drop_inflight_file(struct io_kiocb *req);
+static bool io_assign_file(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags);
 static void __io_queue_sqe(struct io_kiocb *req);
 static void io_rsrc_put_work(struct work_struct *work);
 
@@ -1312,29 +1312,9 @@ static bool io_match_task(struct io_kioc
 			  bool cancel_all)
 	__must_hold(&req->ctx->timeout_lock)
 {
-	struct io_kiocb *req;
-
 	if (task && head->task != task)
 		return false;
-	if (cancel_all)
-		return true;
-
-	io_for_each_link(req, head) {
-		if (req->flags & REQ_F_INFLIGHT)
-			return true;
-	}
-	return false;
-}
-
-static bool io_match_linked(struct io_kiocb *head)
-{
-	struct io_kiocb *req;
-
-	io_for_each_link(req, head) {
-		if (req->flags & REQ_F_INFLIGHT)
-			return true;
-	}
-	return false;
+	return cancel_all;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1344,24 +1324,9 @@ static bool io_match_linked(struct io_ki
 static bool io_match_task_safe(struct io_kiocb *head, struct task_struct *task,
 			       bool cancel_all)
 {
-	bool matched;
-
 	if (task && head->task != task)
 		return false;
-	if (cancel_all)
-		return true;
-
-	if (head->flags & REQ_F_LINK_TIMEOUT) {
-		struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = head->ctx;
-
-		/* protect against races with linked timeouts */
-		spin_lock_irq(&ctx->timeout_lock);
-		matched = io_match_linked(head);
-		spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->timeout_lock);
-	} else {
-		matched = io_match_linked(head);
-	}
-	return matched;
+	return cancel_all;
 }
 
 static inline bool req_has_async_data(struct io_kiocb *req)
@@ -1509,14 +1474,6 @@ static inline bool io_req_ffs_set(struct
 	return req->flags & REQ_F_FIXED_FILE;
 }
 
-static inline void io_req_track_inflight(struct io_kiocb *req)
-{
-	if (!(req->flags & REQ_F_INFLIGHT)) {
-		req->flags |= REQ_F_INFLIGHT;
-		atomic_inc(&current->io_uring->inflight_tracked);
-	}
-}
-
 static struct io_kiocb *__io_prep_linked_timeout(struct io_kiocb *req)
 {
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!req->link))
@@ -2380,6 +2337,8 @@ static void io_req_task_work_add(struct
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!tctx);
 
+	io_drop_inflight_file(req);
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&tctx->task_lock, flags);
 	if (priority)
 		wq_list_add_tail(&req->io_task_work.node, &tctx->prior_task_list);
@@ -5548,7 +5507,10 @@ static int io_poll_check_events(struct i
 		if (!req->result) {
 			struct poll_table_struct pt = { ._key = poll->events };
 
-			req->result = vfs_poll(req->file, &pt) & poll->events;
+			if (unlikely(!io_assign_file(req, IO_URING_F_UNLOCKED)))
+				req->result = -EBADF;
+			else
+				req->result = vfs_poll(req->file, &pt) & poll->events;
 		}
 
 		/* multishot, just fill an CQE and proceed */
@@ -6731,11 +6693,6 @@ static void io_clean_op(struct io_kiocb
 		kfree(req->apoll);
 		req->apoll = NULL;
 	}
-	if (req->flags & REQ_F_INFLIGHT) {
-		struct io_uring_task *tctx = req->task->io_uring;
-
-		atomic_dec(&tctx->inflight_tracked);
-	}
 	if (req->flags & REQ_F_CREDS)
 		put_cred(req->creds);
 	if (req->flags & REQ_F_ASYNC_DATA) {
@@ -7024,6 +6981,19 @@ out:
 	return file;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Drop the file for requeue operations. Only used of req->file is the
+ * io_uring descriptor itself.
+ */
+static void io_drop_inflight_file(struct io_kiocb *req)
+{
+	if (unlikely(req->flags & REQ_F_INFLIGHT)) {
+		fput(req->file);
+		req->file = NULL;
+		req->flags &= ~REQ_F_INFLIGHT;
+	}
+}
+
 static struct file *io_file_get_normal(struct io_kiocb *req, int fd)
 {
 	struct file *file = fget(fd);
@@ -7031,8 +7001,8 @@ static struct file *io_file_get_normal(s
 	trace_io_uring_file_get(req->ctx, fd);
 
 	/* we don't allow fixed io_uring files */
-	if (file && unlikely(file->f_op == &io_uring_fops))
-		io_req_track_inflight(req);
+	if (file && file->f_op == &io_uring_fops)
+		req->flags |= REQ_F_INFLIGHT;
 	return file;
 }
 
@@ -8804,7 +8774,6 @@ static __cold int io_uring_alloc_task_co
 	xa_init(&tctx->xa);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&tctx->wait);
 	atomic_set(&tctx->in_idle, 0);
-	atomic_set(&tctx->inflight_tracked, 0);
 	task->io_uring = tctx;
 	spin_lock_init(&tctx->task_lock);
 	INIT_WQ_LIST(&tctx->task_list);
@@ -9942,7 +9911,7 @@ static __cold void io_uring_clean_tctx(s
 static s64 tctx_inflight(struct io_uring_task *tctx, bool tracked)
 {
 	if (tracked)
-		return atomic_read(&tctx->inflight_tracked);
+		return 0;
 	return percpu_counter_sum(&tctx->inflight);
 }
 
