diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/inode.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/inode.c
index 570c005062ab..e02c1e04529e 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/inode.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/inode.c
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ struct kiocb_priv {
 	unsigned		actual;
 };
 
-static int ep_aio_cancel(struct kiocb *iocb, struct io_event *e)
+static int ep_aio_cancel(struct kiocb *iocb)
 {
 	struct kiocb_priv	*priv = iocb->private;
 	struct ep_data		*epdata;
@@ -540,7 +540,6 @@ static int ep_aio_cancel(struct kiocb *iocb, struct io_event *e)
 	// spin_unlock(&epdata->dev->lock);
 	local_irq_enable();
 
-	aio_put_req(iocb);
 	return value;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 7b470bfbf891..12b37689dd2c 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -358,8 +358,7 @@ void kiocb_set_cancel_fn(struct kiocb *req, kiocb_cancel_fn *cancel)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kiocb_set_cancel_fn);
 
-static int kiocb_cancel(struct kioctx *ctx, struct kiocb *kiocb,
-			struct io_event *res)
+static int kiocb_cancel(struct kioctx *ctx, struct kiocb *kiocb)
 {
 	kiocb_cancel_fn *old, *cancel;
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
@@ -381,12 +380,10 @@ static int kiocb_cancel(struct kioctx *ctx, struct kiocb *kiocb,
 	atomic_inc(&kiocb->ki_users);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->ctx_lock);
 
-	memset(res, 0, sizeof(*res));
-	res->obj = (u64)(unsigned long)kiocb->ki_obj.user;
-	res->data = kiocb->ki_user_data;
-	ret = cancel(kiocb, res);
+	ret = cancel(kiocb);
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&ctx->ctx_lock);
+	aio_put_req(kiocb);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -408,7 +405,6 @@ static void free_ioctx(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct kioctx *ctx = container_of(work, struct kioctx, free_work);
 	struct aio_ring *ring;
-	struct io_event res;
 	struct kiocb *req;
 	unsigned cpu, head, avail;
 
@@ -419,7 +415,7 @@ static void free_ioctx(struct work_struct *work)
 				       struct kiocb, ki_list);
 
 		list_del_init(&req->ki_list);
-		kiocb_cancel(ctx, req, &res);
+		kiocb_cancel(ctx, req);
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->ctx_lock);
@@ -795,21 +791,6 @@ void aio_complete(struct kiocb *iocb, long res, long res2)
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->ctx_lock, flags);
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * cancelled requests don't get events, userland was given one
-	 * when the event got cancelled.
-	 */
-	if (unlikely(xchg(&iocb->ki_cancel,
-			  KIOCB_CANCELLED) == KIOCB_CANCELLED)) {
-		/*
-		 * Can't use the percpu reqs_available here - could race with
-		 * free_ioctx()
-		 */
-		atomic_inc(&ctx->reqs_available);
-		/* Still need the wake_up in case free_ioctx is waiting */
-		goto put_rq;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * Add a completion event to the ring buffer. Must be done holding
 	 * ctx->completion_lock to prevent other code from messing with the tail
@@ -862,7 +843,6 @@ void aio_complete(struct kiocb *iocb, long res, long res2)
 	if (iocb->ki_eventfd != NULL)
 		eventfd_signal(iocb->ki_eventfd, 1);
 
-put_rq:
 	/* everything turned out well, dispose of the aiocb. */
 	aio_put_req(iocb);
 
@@ -1439,7 +1419,6 @@ static struct kiocb *lookup_kiocb(struct kioctx *ctx, struct iocb __user *iocb,
 SYSCALL_DEFINE3(io_cancel, aio_context_t, ctx_id, struct iocb __user *, iocb,
 		struct io_event __user *, result)
 {
-	struct io_event res;
 	struct kioctx *ctx;
 	struct kiocb *kiocb;
 	u32 key;
@@ -1457,18 +1436,19 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(io_cancel, aio_context_t, ctx_id, struct iocb __user *, iocb,
 
 	kiocb = lookup_kiocb(ctx, iocb, key);
 	if (kiocb)
-		ret = kiocb_cancel(ctx, kiocb, &res);
+		ret = kiocb_cancel(ctx, kiocb);
 	else
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 
 	spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->ctx_lock);
 
 	if (!ret) {
-		/* Cancellation succeeded -- copy the result
-		 * into the user's buffer.
+		/*
+		 * The result argument is no longer used - the io_event is
+		 * always delivered via the ring buffer. -EINPROGRESS indicates
+		 * cancellation is progress:
 		 */
-		if (copy_to_user(result, &res, sizeof(res)))
-			ret = -EFAULT;
+		ret = -EINPROGRESS;
 	}
 
 	percpu_ref_put(&ctx->users);
diff --git a/include/linux/aio.h b/include/linux/aio.h
index 1bdf965339f9..8c8dd1d84d2e 100644
--- a/include/linux/aio.h
+++ b/include/linux/aio.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ struct kiocb;
  */
 #define KIOCB_CANCELLED		((void *) (~0ULL))
 
-typedef int (kiocb_cancel_fn)(struct kiocb *, struct io_event *);
+typedef int (kiocb_cancel_fn)(struct kiocb *);
 
 struct kiocb {
 	atomic_t		ki_users;