diff --git a/io_uring/uring_cmd.c b/io_uring/uring_cmd.c
index b651c63f6e20..7b25dcd9d05f 100644
--- a/io_uring/uring_cmd.c
+++ b/io_uring/uring_cmd.c
@@ -257,9 +257,7 @@ int io_uring_cmd(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 		issue_flags |= IO_URING_F_CQE32;
 	if (io_is_compat(ctx))
 		issue_flags |= IO_URING_F_COMPAT;
-	if (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL) {
-		if (!file->f_op->uring_cmd_iopoll)
-			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	if (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL && file->f_op->uring_cmd_iopoll) {
 		req->flags |= REQ_F_IOPOLL;
 		issue_flags |= IO_URING_F_IOPOLL;
 		req->iopoll_completed = 0;