diff --git a/io_uring/register.c b/io_uring/register.c
index 29393f93a414..a3fef649272b 100644
--- a/io_uring/register.c
+++ b/io_uring/register.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ static int io_register_enable_rings(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 	if (!(ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_R_DISABLED))
 		return -EBADFD;
 
-	if (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_SINGLE_ISSUER && !ctx->submitter_task) {
+	if (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_SINGLE_ISSUER) {
 		ctx->submitter_task = get_task_struct(current);
 		/*
 		 * Lazy activation attempts would fail if it was polled before