diff --git a/io_uring/timeout.c b/io_uring/timeout.c
index 1cf59c494769..b219dfdf7af5 100644
--- a/io_uring/timeout.c
+++ b/io_uring/timeout.c
@@ -393,6 +393,9 @@ static void io_req_task_link_timeout(struct io_tw_req tw_req, io_tw_token_t tw)
 			};
 
 			ret = io_try_cancel(req->tctx, &cd, 0);
+			/* a number of requests for futex and waitid */
+			if (ret > 0)
+				ret = 0;
 		} else {
 			ret = -ECANCELED;
 		}