diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.h b/io_uring/io_uring.h
index c2acf6180845..18d0966cd8ab 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.h
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.h
@@ -279,7 +279,14 @@ static inline bool io_sqring_full(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	struct io_rings *r = ctx->rings;
 
-	return READ_ONCE(r->sq.tail) - ctx->cached_sq_head == ctx->sq_entries;
+	/*
+	 * SQPOLL must use the actual sqring head, as using the cached_sq_head
+	 * is race prone if the SQPOLL thread has grabbed entries but not yet
+	 * committed them to the ring. For !SQPOLL, this doesn't matter, but
+	 * since this helper is just used for SQPOLL sqring waits (or POLLOUT),
+	 * just read the actual sqring head unconditionally.
+	 */
+	return READ_ONCE(r->sq.tail) - READ_ONCE(r->sq.head) == ctx->sq_entries;
 }
 
 static inline unsigned int io_sqring_entries(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)