diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index f703182df2d4d4637486408c13fb299d4de75c08..6129c67b0e3be5c7033e416176e3d208ed3bf5ca 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -8098,12 +8098,39 @@ static void io_attempt_cancel(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct io_kiocb *req)
 	io_timeout_remove_link(ctx, req);
 }
 
+static void io_cancel_defer_files(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
+				  struct files_struct *files)
+{
+	struct io_defer_entry *de = NULL;
+	LIST_HEAD(list);
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&ctx->completion_lock);
+	list_for_each_entry_reverse(de, &ctx->defer_list, list) {
+		if ((de->req->flags & REQ_F_WORK_INITIALIZED)
+			&& de->req->work.files == files) {
+			list_cut_position(&list, &ctx->defer_list, &de->list);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->completion_lock);
+
+	while (!list_empty(&list)) {
+		de = list_first_entry(&list, struct io_defer_entry, list);
+		list_del_init(&de->list);
+		req_set_fail_links(de->req);
+		io_put_req(de->req);
+		io_req_complete(de->req, -ECANCELED);
+		kfree(de);
+	}
+}
+
 static void io_uring_cancel_files(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 				  struct files_struct *files)
 {
 	if (list_empty_careful(&ctx->inflight_list))
 		return;
 
+	io_cancel_defer_files(ctx, files);
 	/* cancel all at once, should be faster than doing it one by one*/
 	io_wq_cancel_cb(ctx->io_wq, io_wq_files_match, files, true);