diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 02339b74ba8d..99ddabb07fbd 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -2868,9 +2868,9 @@ static __cold void io_ring_ctx_free(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 	if (!(ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_NO_SQARRAY))
 		static_branch_dec(&io_key_has_sqarray);
 
+	io_req_caches_free(ctx);
 	percpu_ref_exit(&ctx->refs);
 	free_uid(ctx->user);
-	io_req_caches_free(ctx);
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(ctx->nr_req_allocated);