diff --git a/io_uring/timeout.c b/io_uring/timeout.c
index 8a2108aa14ae..fa7b0d9a81d6 100644
--- a/io_uring/timeout.c
+++ b/io_uring/timeout.c
@@ -370,6 +370,9 @@ int io_timeout_cancel(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct io_cancel_data *cd)
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irq(&ctx->timeout_lock);
 	req = io_timeout_extract(ctx, cd);
+	if (!IS_ERR(req))
+		atomic_set(&ctx->cq_timeouts,
+			   atomic_read(&ctx->cq_timeouts) + 1);
 	raw_spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->timeout_lock);
 
 	if (IS_ERR(req))