--- x/io_uring/net.c
+++ y/io_uring/net.c
@@ -1742,8 +1742,12 @@ int io_bind(struct io_kiocb *req, unsign
 	struct io_bind *bind = io_kiocb_to_cmd(req, struct io_bind);
 	struct io_async_msghdr *io = req->async_data;
 	int ret;
+	struct socket *sk;
 
-	ret = __sys_bind_socket(sock_from_file(req->file),  &io->addr, bind->addr_len);
+	sk = sock_from_file(req->file);
+	if (!sk)
+		return -ENOTSOCK;
+	ret = __sys_bind_socket(sk,  &io->addr, bind->addr_len);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		req_set_fail(req);
 	io_req_set_res(req, ret, 0);