diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index ba1431046c983fc10a87f508fe658a9d686af093..c11c4157a4c22c6c0d718749fd0e68beefda409b 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -3829,10 +3829,6 @@ static int io_uring_create(unsigned entries, struct io_uring_params *p)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
-	ret = io_uring_get_fd(ctx);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto err;
-
 	memset(&p->sq_off, 0, sizeof(p->sq_off));
 	p->sq_off.head = offsetof(struct io_rings, sq.head);
 	p->sq_off.tail = offsetof(struct io_rings, sq.tail);
@@ -3850,6 +3846,14 @@ static int io_uring_create(unsigned entries, struct io_uring_params *p)
 	p->cq_off.overflow = offsetof(struct io_rings, cq_overflow);
 	p->cq_off.cqes = offsetof(struct io_rings, cqes);
 
+	/*
+	 * Install ring fd as the very last thing, so we don't risk someone
+	 * having closed it before we finish setup
+	 */
+	ret = io_uring_get_fd(ctx);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto err;
+
 	p->features = IORING_FEAT_SINGLE_MMAP;
 	return ret;
 err: