diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index c07913ec0ccac43aa0f765ab9734c6ef1fab84c6..695fe00bafdcd46b7206e95735c684d61c4ad612 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -1069,8 +1069,12 @@ static bool io_match_task(struct io_kiocb *head,
 {
 	struct io_kiocb *req;
 
-	if (task && head->task != task)
+	if (task && head->task != task) {
+		/* in terms of cancelation, always match if req task is dead */
+		if (head->task->flags & PF_EXITING)
+			return true;
 		return false;
+	}
 	if (!files)
 		return true;
 
@@ -9136,6 +9140,9 @@ static int io_uring_flush(struct file *file, void *data)
 	struct io_uring_task *tctx = current->io_uring;
 	struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = file->private_data;
 
+	if (fatal_signal_pending(current) || (current->flags & PF_EXITING))
+		io_uring_cancel_task_requests(ctx, NULL);
+
 	if (!tctx)
 		return 0;