diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index ecb59bb2418b..9ae5e7db7c6a 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -907,40 +907,30 @@ static void __io_flush_post_cqes(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 	state->cqes_count = 0;
 }
 
-static bool __io_post_aux_cqe(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, u64 user_data, s32 res, u32 cflags,
-			      bool allow_overflow)
+bool io_post_aux_cqe(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, u64 user_data, s32 res, u32 cflags)
 {
 	bool filled;
 
 	io_cq_lock(ctx);
 	filled = io_fill_cqe_aux(ctx, user_data, res, cflags);
-	if (!filled && allow_overflow)
+	if (!filled)
 		filled = io_cqring_event_overflow(ctx, user_data, res, cflags, 0, 0);
 
 	io_cq_unlock_post(ctx);
 	return filled;
 }
 
-bool io_post_aux_cqe(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, u64 user_data, s32 res, u32 cflags)
-{
-	return __io_post_aux_cqe(ctx, user_data, res, cflags, true);
-}
-
 /*
  * A helper for multishot requests posting additional CQEs.
  * Should only be used from a task_work including IO_URING_F_MULTISHOT.
  */
-bool io_fill_cqe_req_aux(struct io_kiocb *req, bool defer, s32 res, u32 cflags)
+bool io_req_post_cqe(struct io_kiocb *req, s32 res, u32 cflags)
 {
 	struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = req->ctx;
 	u64 user_data = req->cqe.user_data;
 	struct io_uring_cqe *cqe;
 
 	lockdep_assert(!io_wq_current_is_worker());
-
-	if (!defer)
-		return __io_post_aux_cqe(ctx, user_data, res, cflags, false);
-
 	lockdep_assert_held(&ctx->uring_lock);
 
 	if (ctx->submit_state.cqes_count == ARRAY_SIZE(ctx->completion_cqes)) {
diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.h b/io_uring/io_uring.h
index 7f921daae9c3..460290e1bdec 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.h
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ int io_run_task_work_sig(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx);
 void io_req_defer_failed(struct io_kiocb *req, s32 res);
 void io_req_complete_post(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned issue_flags);
 bool io_post_aux_cqe(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, u64 user_data, s32 res, u32 cflags);
-bool io_fill_cqe_req_aux(struct io_kiocb *req, bool defer, s32 res, u32 cflags);
+bool io_req_post_cqe(struct io_kiocb *req, s32 res, u32 cflags);
 void __io_commit_cqring_flush(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx);
 
 struct page **io_pin_pages(unsigned long ubuf, unsigned long len, int *npages);
diff --git a/io_uring/net.c b/io_uring/net.c
index 4afb475d4197..48bf5ca1a671 100644
--- a/io_uring/net.c
+++ b/io_uring/net.c
@@ -706,8 +706,7 @@ static inline bool io_recv_finish(struct io_kiocb *req, int *ret,
 	 * receive from this socket.
 	 */
 	if ((req->flags & REQ_F_APOLL_MULTISHOT) && !mshot_finished &&
-	    io_fill_cqe_req_aux(req, issue_flags & IO_URING_F_COMPLETE_DEFER,
-				*ret, cflags | IORING_CQE_F_MORE)) {
+	    io_req_post_cqe(req, *ret, cflags | IORING_CQE_F_MORE)) {
 		struct io_sr_msg *sr = io_kiocb_to_cmd(req, struct io_sr_msg);
 		int mshot_retry_ret = IOU_ISSUE_SKIP_COMPLETE;
 
@@ -1429,8 +1428,7 @@ retry:
 
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
-	if (io_fill_cqe_req_aux(req, issue_flags & IO_URING_F_COMPLETE_DEFER,
-				ret, IORING_CQE_F_MORE))
+	if (io_req_post_cqe(req, ret, IORING_CQE_F_MORE))
 		goto retry;
 
 	io_req_set_res(req, ret, 0);
diff --git a/io_uring/poll.c b/io_uring/poll.c
index 8901dd118e50..5d55bbf1de15 100644
--- a/io_uring/poll.c
+++ b/io_uring/poll.c
@@ -322,8 +322,7 @@ static int io_poll_check_events(struct io_kiocb *req, struct io_tw_state *ts)
 			__poll_t mask = mangle_poll(req->cqe.res &
 						    req->apoll_events);
 
-			if (!io_fill_cqe_req_aux(req, true, mask,
-						 IORING_CQE_F_MORE)) {
+			if (!io_req_post_cqe(req, mask, IORING_CQE_F_MORE)) {
 				io_req_set_res(req, mask, 0);
 				return IOU_POLL_REMOVE_POLL_USE_RES;
 			}
diff --git a/io_uring/rw.c b/io_uring/rw.c
index 674581bda8d7..b5165d1c9686 100644
--- a/io_uring/rw.c
+++ b/io_uring/rw.c
@@ -962,9 +962,7 @@ int io_read_mshot(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 		cflags = io_put_kbuf(req, issue_flags);
 		rw->len = 0; /* similarly to above, reset len to 0 */
 
-		if (io_fill_cqe_req_aux(req,
-					issue_flags & IO_URING_F_COMPLETE_DEFER,
-					ret, cflags | IORING_CQE_F_MORE)) {
+		if (io_req_post_cqe(req, ret, cflags | IORING_CQE_F_MORE)) {
 			if (issue_flags & IO_URING_F_MULTISHOT) {
 				/*
 				 * Force retry, as we might have more data to
diff --git a/io_uring/timeout.c b/io_uring/timeout.c
index 0a48e6acd0b2..3458ca550b83 100644
--- a/io_uring/timeout.c
+++ b/io_uring/timeout.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static void io_timeout_complete(struct io_kiocb *req, struct io_tw_state *ts)
 	struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = req->ctx;
 
 	if (!io_timeout_finish(timeout, data)) {
-		if (io_fill_cqe_req_aux(req, true, -ETIME, IORING_CQE_F_MORE)) {
+		if (io_req_post_cqe(req, -ETIME, IORING_CQE_F_MORE)) {
 			/* re-arm timer */
 			spin_lock_irq(&ctx->timeout_lock);
 			list_add(&timeout->list, ctx->timeout_list.prev);