diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 0d7be2e9d005..3790c7fe9fee 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -2980,14 +2980,15 @@ static inline int io_rw_prep_async(struct io_kiocb *req, int rw,
 				   bool force_nonblock)
 {
 	struct io_async_rw *iorw = &req->io->rw;
+	struct iovec *iov;
 	ssize_t ret;
 
-	iorw->iter.iov = iorw->fast_iov;
-	ret = __io_import_iovec(rw, req, (struct iovec **) &iorw->iter.iov,
-				&iorw->iter, !force_nonblock);
+	iorw->iter.iov = iov = iorw->fast_iov;
+	ret = __io_import_iovec(rw, req, &iov, &iorw->iter, !force_nonblock);
 	if (unlikely(ret < 0))
 		return ret;
 
+	iorw->iter.iov = iov;
 	io_req_map_rw(req, iorw->iter.iov, iorw->fast_iov, &iorw->iter);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -8023,6 +8024,28 @@ static bool io_match_link(struct io_kiocb *preq, struct io_kiocb *req)
 	return false;
 }
 
+static inline bool io_match_files(struct io_kiocb *req,
+				       struct files_struct *files)
+{
+	return (req->flags & REQ_F_WORK_INITIALIZED) && req->work.files == files;
+}
+
+static bool io_match_link_files(struct io_kiocb *req,
+				struct files_struct *files)
+{
+	struct io_kiocb *link;
+
+	if (io_match_files(req, files))
+		return true;
+	if (req->flags & REQ_F_LINK_HEAD) {
+		list_for_each_entry(link, &req->link_list, link_list) {
+			if (io_match_files(link, files))
+				return true;
+		}
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
 /*
  * We're looking to cancel 'req' because it's holding on to our files, but
  * 'req' could be a link to another request. See if it is, and cancel that
@@ -8097,12 +8120,38 @@ static void io_attempt_cancel(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct io_kiocb *req)
 	io_timeout_remove_link(ctx, req);
 }
 
+static void io_cancel_defer_files(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
+				  struct files_struct *files)
+{
+	struct io_defer_entry *de = NULL;
+	LIST_HEAD(list);
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&ctx->completion_lock);
+	list_for_each_entry_reverse(de, &ctx->defer_list, list) {
+		if (io_match_link_files(de->req, files)) {
+			list_cut_position(&list, &ctx->defer_list, &de->list);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->completion_lock);
+
+	while (!list_empty(&list)) {
+		de = list_first_entry(&list, struct io_defer_entry, list);
+		list_del_init(&de->list);
+		req_set_fail_links(de->req);
+		io_put_req(de->req);
+		io_req_complete(de->req, -ECANCELED);
+		kfree(de);
+	}
+}
+
 static void io_uring_cancel_files(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 				  struct files_struct *files)
 {
 	if (list_empty_careful(&ctx->inflight_list))
 		return;
 
+	io_cancel_defer_files(ctx, files);
 	/* cancel all at once, should be faster than doing it one by one*/
 	io_wq_cancel_cb(ctx->io_wq, io_wq_files_match, files, true);