diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 29f1417690d55a1768f4d4a4ea86f48f1cf94f99..8018c7076b25ce66a8215500ffa3531d43f4204b 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -8470,7 +8470,21 @@ static bool io_timeout_remove_link(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 
 static bool io_cancel_link_cb(struct io_wq_work *work, void *data)
 {
-	return io_match_link(container_of(work, struct io_kiocb, work), data);
+	struct io_kiocb *req = container_of(work, struct io_kiocb, work);
+	bool ret;
+
+	if (req->flags & REQ_F_LINK_TIMEOUT) {
+		unsigned long flags;
+		struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = req->ctx;
+
+		/* protect against races with linked timeouts */
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->completion_lock, flags);
+		ret = io_match_link(req, data);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->completion_lock, flags);
+	} else {
+		ret = io_match_link(req, data);
+	}
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void io_attempt_cancel(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct io_kiocb *req)