diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index c687f57..084dfad 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -524,6 +524,7 @@ enum {
 	REQ_F_OVERFLOW_BIT,
 	REQ_F_POLLED_BIT,
 	REQ_F_BUFFER_SELECTED_BIT,
+	REQ_F_NO_FILE_TABLE_BIT,
 
 	/* not a real bit, just to check we're not overflowing the space */
 	__REQ_F_LAST_BIT,
@@ -577,6 +578,8 @@ enum {
 	REQ_F_POLLED		= BIT(REQ_F_POLLED_BIT),
 	/* buffer already selected */
 	REQ_F_BUFFER_SELECTED	= BIT(REQ_F_BUFFER_SELECTED_BIT),
+	/* doesn't need file table for this request */
+	REQ_F_NO_FILE_TABLE	= BIT(REQ_F_NO_FILE_TABLE_BIT),
 };
 
 struct async_poll {
@@ -799,6 +802,7 @@ static const struct io_op_def io_op_defs[] = {
 		.needs_file		= 1,
 		.fd_non_neg		= 1,
 		.needs_fs		= 1,
+		.file_table		= 1,
 	},
 	[IORING_OP_READ] = {
 		.needs_mm		= 1,
@@ -3355,8 +3359,12 @@ static int io_statx(struct io_kiocb *req, bool force_nonblock)
 	struct kstat stat;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (force_nonblock)
+	if (force_nonblock) {
+		/* only need file table for an actual valid fd */
+		if (ctx->dfd == -1 || ctx->dfd == AT_FDCWD)
+			req->flags |= REQ_F_NO_FILE_TABLE;
 		return -EAGAIN;
+	}
 
 	if (vfs_stat_set_lookup_flags(&lookup_flags, ctx->how.flags))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -5429,7 +5437,7 @@ static int io_grab_files(struct io_kiocb *req)
 	int ret = -EBADF;
 	struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = req->ctx;
 
-	if (req->work.files)
+	if (req->work.files || (req->flags & REQ_F_NO_FILE_TABLE))
 		return 0;
 	if (!ctx->ring_file)
 		return -EBADF;