diff --git a/fs/io-wq.h b/fs/io-wq.h
index dbecd27656c7cc..04d374e65e5464 100644
--- a/fs/io-wq.h
+++ b/fs/io-wq.h
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ struct io_wq_work_node *wq_stack_extract(struct io_wq_work_node *stack)
 struct io_wq_work {
 	struct io_wq_work_node list;
 	unsigned flags;
+	int fd;
 };
 
 static inline struct io_wq_work *wq_next_work(struct io_wq_work *work)
diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 398128db9728ae..bdc090fec29c76 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -7240,6 +7240,23 @@ static void io_clean_op(struct io_kiocb *req)
 	req->flags &= ~IO_REQ_CLEAN_FLAGS;
 }
 
+static bool io_assign_file(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
+{
+	if (req->file || !io_op_defs[req->opcode].needs_file)
+		return true;
+
+	if (req->flags & REQ_F_FIXED_FILE)
+		req->file = io_file_get_fixed(req, req->work.fd, issue_flags);
+	else
+		req->file = io_file_get_normal(req, req->work.fd);
+	if (req->file)
+		return true;
+
+	req_set_fail(req);
+	req->result = -EBADF;
+	return false;
+}
+
 static int io_issue_sqe(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 {
 	const struct cred *creds = NULL;
@@ -7250,6 +7267,8 @@ static int io_issue_sqe(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 
 	if (!io_op_defs[req->opcode].audit_skip)
 		audit_uring_entry(req->opcode);
+	if (unlikely(!io_assign_file(req, issue_flags)))
+		return -EBADF;
 
 	switch (req->opcode) {
 	case IORING_OP_NOP:
@@ -7394,10 +7413,11 @@ static struct io_wq_work *io_wq_free_work(struct io_wq_work *work)
 static void io_wq_submit_work(struct io_wq_work *work)
 {
 	struct io_kiocb *req = container_of(work, struct io_kiocb, work);
+	const struct io_op_def *def = &io_op_defs[req->opcode];
 	unsigned int issue_flags = IO_URING_F_UNLOCKED;
 	bool needs_poll = false;
 	struct io_kiocb *timeout;
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret = 0, err = -ECANCELED;
 
 	/* one will be dropped by ->io_free_work() after returning to io-wq */
 	if (!(req->flags & REQ_F_REFCOUNT))
@@ -7409,14 +7429,18 @@ static void io_wq_submit_work(struct io_wq_work *work)
 	if (timeout)
 		io_queue_linked_timeout(timeout);
 
+	if (!io_assign_file(req, issue_flags)) {
+		err = -EBADF;
+		work->flags |= IO_WQ_WORK_CANCEL;
+	}
+
 	/* either cancelled or io-wq is dying, so don't touch tctx->iowq */
 	if (work->flags & IO_WQ_WORK_CANCEL) {
-		io_req_task_queue_fail(req, -ECANCELED);
+		io_req_task_queue_fail(req, err);
 		return;
 	}
 
 	if (req->flags & REQ_F_FORCE_ASYNC) {
-		const struct io_op_def *def = &io_op_defs[req->opcode];
 		bool opcode_poll = def->pollin || def->pollout;
 
 		if (opcode_poll && file_can_poll(req->file)) {
@@ -7749,6 +7773,8 @@ static int io_init_req(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct io_kiocb *req,
 	if (io_op_defs[opcode].needs_file) {
 		struct io_submit_state *state = &ctx->submit_state;
 
+		req->work.fd = READ_ONCE(sqe->fd);
+
 		/*
 		 * Plug now if we have more than 2 IO left after this, and the
 		 * target is potentially a read/write to block based storage.
@@ -7758,13 +7784,6 @@ static int io_init_req(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct io_kiocb *req,
 			state->need_plug = false;
 			blk_start_plug_nr_ios(&state->plug, state->submit_nr);
 		}
-
-		if (req->flags & REQ_F_FIXED_FILE)
-			req->file = io_file_get_fixed(req, READ_ONCE(sqe->fd), 0);
-		else
-			req->file = io_file_get_normal(req, READ_ONCE(sqe->fd));
-		if (unlikely(!req->file))
-			return -EBADF;
 	}
 
 	personality = READ_ONCE(sqe->personality);