diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 941bd57b86e7dcf4697c28fdb88d74615a1316ea..f33926715f579c14defd35201c190c5e7a6760dd 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -10403,8 +10403,10 @@ static int io_register_iowq_max_workers(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 	}
 
 	if (sqd) {
+		mutex_unlock(&ctx->uring_lock);
 		mutex_unlock(&sqd->lock);
 		io_put_sq_data(sqd);
+		mutex_lock(&ctx->uring_lock);
 	}
 
 	if (copy_to_user(arg, new_count, sizeof(new_count)))
@@ -10429,8 +10431,10 @@ static int io_register_iowq_max_workers(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 	return 0;
 err:
 	if (sqd) {
+		mutex_unlock(&ctx->uring_lock);
 		mutex_unlock(&sqd->lock);
 		io_put_sq_data(sqd);
+		mutex_lock(&ctx->uring_lock);
 	}
 	return ret;
 }