unsigned                cq_entries;
                unsigned                cq_mask;
                atomic_t                cq_timeouts;
+               unsigned                cq_last_tm_flush;
                unsigned long           cq_check_overflow;
                struct wait_queue_head  cq_wait;
                struct fasync_struct    *cq_fasync;
 
 static void io_flush_timeouts(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 {
-       while (!list_empty(&ctx->timeout_list)) {
+       u32 seq;
+
+       if (list_empty(&ctx->timeout_list))
+               return;
+
+       seq = ctx->cached_cq_tail - atomic_read(&ctx->cq_timeouts);
+
+       do {
+               u32 events_needed, events_got;
                struct io_kiocb *req = list_first_entry(&ctx->timeout_list,
                                                struct io_kiocb, timeout.list);
 
                if (io_is_timeout_noseq(req))
                        break;
-               if (req->timeout.target_seq != ctx->cached_cq_tail
-                                       - atomic_read(&ctx->cq_timeouts))
+
+               /*
+                * Since seq can easily wrap around over time, subtract
+                * the last seq at which timeouts were flushed before comparing.
+                * Assuming not more than 2^31-1 events have happened since,
+                * these subtractions won't have wrapped, so we can check if
+                * target is in [last_seq, current_seq] by comparing the two.
+                */
+               events_needed = req->timeout.target_seq - ctx->cq_last_tm_flush;
+               events_got = seq - ctx->cq_last_tm_flush;
+               if (events_got < events_needed)
                        break;
 
                list_del_init(&req->timeout.list);
                io_kill_timeout(req);
-       }
+       } while (!list_empty(&ctx->timeout_list));
+
+       ctx->cq_last_tm_flush = seq;
 }
 
 static void io_commit_cqring(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
        tail = ctx->cached_cq_tail - atomic_read(&ctx->cq_timeouts);
        req->timeout.target_seq = tail + off;
 
+       /* Update the last seq here in case io_flush_timeouts() hasn't.
+        * This is safe because ->completion_lock is held, and submissions
+        * and completions are never mixed in the same ->completion_lock section.
+        */
+       ctx->cq_last_tm_flush = tail;
+
        /*
         * Insertion sort, ensuring the first entry in the list is always
         * the one we need first.