1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index f12db415c0f6..9dec7d2d546e 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1161,7 +1161,12 @@ retry:
                         ret = 0;
                         if (to.timed_out)       /* Only check after read evt */
                                 break;
-                        io_schedule();
+                        /* Try to only show up in io wait if there are ops
+                         *  in flight */
+                        if (ctx->reqs_active)
+                                io_schedule();
+                        else
+                                schedule();
                         if (signal_pending(tsk)) {
                                 ret = -EINTR;
                                 break;