diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index b517fd9c3f60..7e672464dcb3 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -8631,8 +8631,12 @@ static int __io_sqe_files_scm(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, int nr, int offset)
 		refcount_add(skb->truesize, &sk->sk_wmem_alloc);
 		skb_queue_head(&sk->sk_receive_queue, skb);
 
-		for (i = 0; i < nr_files; i++)
-			fput(fpl->fp[i]);
+		for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
+			struct file *file = io_file_from_index(ctx, i + offset);
+
+			if (file)
+				fput(file);
+		}
 	} else {
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		free_uid(fpl->user);