/* order cqe stores with ring update */
                smp_store_release(&ring->r.tail, ctx->cached_cq_tail);
 
-               /*
-                * Write sider barrier of tail update, app has read side. See
-                * comment at the top of this file.
-                */
-               smp_wmb();
-
                if (wq_has_sleeper(&ctx->cq_wait)) {
                        wake_up_interruptible(&ctx->cq_wait);
                        kill_fasync(&ctx->cq_fasync, SIGIO, POLL_IN);
        __poll_t mask = 0;
 
        poll_wait(file, &ctx->cq_wait, wait);
-       /* See comment at the top of this file */
+       /*
+        * synchronizes with barrier from wq_has_sleeper call in
+        * io_commit_cqring
+        */
        smp_rmb();
        if (READ_ONCE(ctx->sq_ring->r.tail) - ctx->cached_sq_head !=
            ctx->sq_ring->ring_entries)