diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index a51429c0342e..ff6c36aec27c 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -8422,7 +8422,7 @@ static int io_sqe_files_register(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, void __user *arg,
 	}
 
 	io_rsrc_node_switch(ctx, NULL);
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 out_fput:
 	for (i = 0; i < ctx->nr_user_files; i++) {
 		file = io_file_from_index(ctx, i);