diff --git a/io_uring/tctx.c b/io_uring/tctx.c
index 5b66755579c0..03c278aa5812 100644
--- a/io_uring/tctx.c
+++ b/io_uring/tctx.c
@@ -122,6 +122,14 @@ int __io_uring_add_tctx_node(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 				return ret;
 		}
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Re-activate io-wq keepalive on any new io_uring usage. The wq may have
+	 * been marked for idle-exit when the task temporarily had no active
+	 * io_uring instances.
+	 */
+	if (tctx->io_wq)
+		io_wq_set_exit_on_idle(tctx->io_wq, false);
 	if (!xa_load(&tctx->xa, (unsigned long)ctx)) {
 		node = kmalloc(sizeof(*node), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!node)
@@ -183,6 +191,9 @@ __cold void io_uring_del_tctx_node(unsigned long index)
 	if (tctx->last == node->ctx)
 		tctx->last = NULL;
 	kfree(node);
+
+	if (xa_empty(&tctx->xa) && tctx->io_wq)
+		io_wq_set_exit_on_idle(tctx->io_wq, true);
 }
 
 __cold void io_uring_clean_tctx(struct io_uring_task *tctx)