diff --git a/io_uring/kbuf.c b/io_uring/kbuf.c
index aad655e38672..e271b44ff73e 100644
--- a/io_uring/kbuf.c
+++ b/io_uring/kbuf.c
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ int io_register_pbuf_ring(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, void __user *arg)
 		rd.user_addr = reg.ring_addr;
 		rd.flags |= IORING_MEM_REGION_TYPE_USER;
 	}
-	ret = io_create_region_mmap_safe(ctx, &bl->region, &rd, mmap_offset);
+	ret = io_create_region(ctx, &bl->region, &rd, mmap_offset);
 	if (ret)
 		goto fail;
 	br = io_region_get_ptr(&bl->region);