diff --git a/io_uring/cancel.c b/io_uring/cancel.c
index 3c19cccb1aec..8a8b07dfc444 100644
--- a/io_uring/cancel.c
+++ b/io_uring/cancel.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ int io_sync_cancel(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, void __user *arg)
 	};
 	ktime_t timeout = KTIME_MAX;
 	struct io_uring_sync_cancel_reg sc;
-	struct fd f = { };
+	struct file *file = NULL;
 	DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
 	int ret, i;
 
@@ -295,10 +295,10 @@ int io_sync_cancel(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, void __user *arg)
 	/* we can grab a normal file descriptor upfront */
 	if ((cd.flags & IORING_ASYNC_CANCEL_FD) &&
 	   !(cd.flags & IORING_ASYNC_CANCEL_FD_FIXED)) {
-		f = fdget(sc.fd);
-		if (!f.file)
+		file = fget(sc.fd);
+		if (!file)
 			return -EBADF;
-		cd.file = f.file;
+		cd.file = file;
 	}
 
 	ret = __io_sync_cancel(current->io_uring, &cd, sc.fd);
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ int io_sync_cancel(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, void __user *arg)
 	if (ret == -ENOENT || ret > 0)
 		ret = 0;
 out:
-	fdput(f);
+	if (file)
+		fput(file);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 05f933dddfde..aba5657d287e 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -3652,7 +3652,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(io_uring_enter, unsigned int, fd, u32, to_submit,
 		size_t, argsz)
 {
 	struct io_ring_ctx *ctx;
-	struct fd f;
+	struct file *file;
 	long ret;
 
 	if (unlikely(flags & ~(IORING_ENTER_GETEVENTS | IORING_ENTER_SQ_WAKEUP |
@@ -3670,20 +3670,19 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(io_uring_enter, unsigned int, fd, u32, to_submit,
 		if (unlikely(!tctx || fd >= IO_RINGFD_REG_MAX))
 			return -EINVAL;
 		fd = array_index_nospec(fd, IO_RINGFD_REG_MAX);
-		f.file = tctx->registered_rings[fd];
-		f.flags = 0;
-		if (unlikely(!f.file))
+		file = tctx->registered_rings[fd];
+		if (unlikely(!file))
 			return -EBADF;
 	} else {
-		f = fdget(fd);
-		if (unlikely(!f.file))
+		file = fget(fd);
+		if (unlikely(!file))
 			return -EBADF;
 		ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-		if (unlikely(!io_is_uring_fops(f.file)))
+		if (unlikely(!io_is_uring_fops(file)))
 			goto out;
 	}
 
-	ctx = f.file->private_data;
+	ctx = file->private_data;
 	ret = -EBADFD;
 	if (unlikely(ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_R_DISABLED))
 		goto out;
@@ -3777,7 +3776,8 @@ iopoll_locked:
 		}
 	}
 out:
-	fdput(f);
+	if (!(flags & IORING_ENTER_REGISTERED_RING))
+		fput(file);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -4618,7 +4618,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(io_uring_register, unsigned int, fd, unsigned int, opcode,
 {
 	struct io_ring_ctx *ctx;
 	long ret = -EBADF;
-	struct fd f;
+	struct file *file;
 	bool use_registered_ring;
 
 	use_registered_ring = !!(opcode & IORING_REGISTER_USE_REGISTERED_RING);
@@ -4637,27 +4637,27 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(io_uring_register, unsigned int, fd, unsigned int, opcode,
 		if (unlikely(!tctx || fd >= IO_RINGFD_REG_MAX))
 			return -EINVAL;
 		fd = array_index_nospec(fd, IO_RINGFD_REG_MAX);
-		f.file = tctx->registered_rings[fd];
-		f.flags = 0;
-		if (unlikely(!f.file))
+		file = tctx->registered_rings[fd];
+		if (unlikely(!file))
 			return -EBADF;
 	} else {
-		f = fdget(fd);
-		if (unlikely(!f.file))
+		file = fget(fd);
+		if (unlikely(!file))
 			return -EBADF;
 		ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-		if (!io_is_uring_fops(f.file))
+		if (!io_is_uring_fops(file))
 			goto out_fput;
 	}
 
-	ctx = f.file->private_data;
+	ctx = file->private_data;
 
 	mutex_lock(&ctx->uring_lock);
 	ret = __io_uring_register(ctx, opcode, arg, nr_args);
 	mutex_unlock(&ctx->uring_lock);
 	trace_io_uring_register(ctx, opcode, ctx->nr_user_files, ctx->nr_user_bufs, ret);
 out_fput:
-	fdput(f);
+	if (!use_registered_ring)
+		fput(file);
 	return ret;
 }