diff --git a/io_uring/zcrx.c b/io_uring/zcrx.c
index 4a1aea317287..d610e0f96844 100644
--- a/io_uring/zcrx.c
+++ b/io_uring/zcrx.c
@@ -574,7 +574,10 @@ static void io_close_queue(struct io_zcrx_ifq *ifq)
 
 static void io_zcrx_ifq_free(struct io_zcrx_ifq *ifq)
 {
-	io_close_queue(ifq);
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ifq->if_rxq != -1))
+		return;
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ifq->netdev != NULL))
+		return;
 
 	if (ifq->area)
 		io_zcrx_free_area(ifq, ifq->area);