diff --git a/io_uring/tctx.c b/io_uring/tctx.c
index ad9e4336d736..270263699c6f 100644
--- a/io_uring/tctx.c
+++ b/io_uring/tctx.c
@@ -240,14 +240,14 @@ void io_uring_unreg_ringfd(void)
 int io_ring_add_registered_file(struct io_uring_task *tctx, struct file *file,
 				     int start, int end)
 {
-	int offset;
+	int offset, idx;
 	for (offset = start; offset < end; offset++) {
-		offset = array_index_nospec(offset, IO_RINGFD_REG_MAX);
-		if (tctx->registered_rings[offset])
+		idx = array_index_nospec(offset, IO_RINGFD_REG_MAX);
+		if (tctx->registered_rings[idx])
 			continue;
 
-		tctx->registered_rings[offset] = file;
-		return offset;
+		tctx->registered_rings[idx] = file;
+		return idx;
 	}
 	return -EBUSY;
 }