diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index c8cc5fb2cfada29226f578a6273e8d6d34ab59ab..a8b261ae0290ab1fae9c8c0de293d699e16dab2c 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -211,13 +211,24 @@ const struct fuse_iqueue_ops fuse_dev_fiq_ops = {
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fuse_dev_fiq_ops);
 
-static void queue_request_and_unlock(struct fuse_iqueue *fiq,
-				     struct fuse_req *req)
+
+static void queue_request_and_unlock(struct fuse_conn *fc,
+				     struct fuse_req *req, bool allow_uring)
 __releases(fiq->lock)
 {
+	struct fuse_iqueue *fiq = &fc->iq;
+
 	req->in.h.len = sizeof(struct fuse_in_header) +
 		fuse_len_args(req->args->in_numargs,
 			      (struct fuse_arg *) req->args->in_args);
+
+	if (allow_uring && fuse_uring_ready(fc)) {
+		/* this lock is not needed at all for ring req handling */
+		spin_unlock(&fiq->lock);
+		fuse_uring_queue_fuse_req(fc, req);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	list_add_tail(&req->list, &fiq->pending);
 	fiq->ops->wake_pending_and_unlock(fiq);
 }
@@ -254,7 +265,7 @@ static void flush_bg_queue(struct fuse_conn *fc)
 		fc->active_background++;
 		spin_lock(&fiq->lock);
 		req->in.h.unique = fuse_get_unique(fiq);
-		queue_request_and_unlock(fiq, req);
+		queue_request_and_unlock(fc, req, true);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -398,7 +409,8 @@ static void request_wait_answer(struct fuse_req *req)
 
 static void __fuse_request_send(struct fuse_req *req)
 {
-	struct fuse_iqueue *fiq = &req->fm->fc->iq;
+	struct fuse_conn *fc = req->fm->fc;
+	struct fuse_iqueue *fiq = &fc->iq;
 
 	BUG_ON(test_bit(FR_BACKGROUND, &req->flags));
 	spin_lock(&fiq->lock);
@@ -410,7 +422,7 @@ static void __fuse_request_send(struct fuse_req *req)
 		/* acquire extra reference, since request is still needed
 		   after fuse_request_end() */
 		__fuse_get_request(req);
-		queue_request_and_unlock(fiq, req);
+		queue_request_and_unlock(fc, req, true);
 
 		request_wait_answer(req);
 		/* Pairs with smp_wmb() in fuse_request_end() */
@@ -480,6 +492,10 @@ ssize_t fuse_simple_request(struct fuse_mount *fm, struct fuse_args *args)
 	if (args->force) {
 		atomic_inc(&fc->num_waiting);
 		req = fuse_request_alloc(fm, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
+		if (unlikely(!req)) {
+			ret = -ENOTCONN;
+			goto err;
+		}
 
 		if (!args->nocreds)
 			fuse_force_creds(req);
@@ -507,16 +523,55 @@ ssize_t fuse_simple_request(struct fuse_mount *fm, struct fuse_args *args)
 	}
 	fuse_put_request(req);
 
+err:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static bool fuse_request_queue_background(struct fuse_req *req)
+static bool fuse_request_queue_background_uring(struct fuse_conn *fc,
+					       struct fuse_req *req)
+{
+	struct fuse_iqueue *fiq = &fc->iq;
+	int err;
+
+	req->in.h.unique = fuse_get_unique(fiq);
+	req->in.h.len = sizeof(struct fuse_in_header) +
+		fuse_len_args(req->args->in_numargs,
+			      (struct fuse_arg *) req->args->in_args);
+
+	err = fuse_uring_queue_fuse_req(fc, req);
+	if (!err) {
+		/* XXX remove and lets the users of that use per queue values -
+		 * avoid the shared spin lock...
+		 * Is this needed at all?
+		 */
+		spin_lock(&fc->bg_lock);
+		fc->num_background++;
+		fc->active_background++;
+
+
+		/* XXX block when per ring queues get occupied */
+		if (fc->num_background == fc->max_background)
+			fc->blocked = 1;
+		spin_unlock(&fc->bg_lock);
+	}
+
+	return err ? false : true;
+}
+
+/*
+ * @return true if queued
+ */
+static int fuse_request_queue_background(struct fuse_req *req)
 {
 	struct fuse_mount *fm = req->fm;
 	struct fuse_conn *fc = fm->fc;
 	bool queued = false;
 
 	WARN_ON(!test_bit(FR_BACKGROUND, &req->flags));
+
+	if (fuse_uring_ready(fc))
+		return fuse_request_queue_background_uring(fc, req);
+
 	if (!test_bit(FR_WAITING, &req->flags)) {
 		__set_bit(FR_WAITING, &req->flags);
 		atomic_inc(&fc->num_waiting);
@@ -569,7 +624,8 @@ static int fuse_simple_notify_reply(struct fuse_mount *fm,
 				    struct fuse_args *args, u64 unique)
 {
 	struct fuse_req *req;
-	struct fuse_iqueue *fiq = &fm->fc->iq;
+	struct fuse_conn *fc = fm->fc;
+	struct fuse_iqueue *fiq = &fc->iq;
 	int err = 0;
 
 	req = fuse_get_req(fm, false);
@@ -583,7 +639,8 @@ static int fuse_simple_notify_reply(struct fuse_mount *fm,
 
 	spin_lock(&fiq->lock);
 	if (fiq->connected) {
-		queue_request_and_unlock(fiq, req);
+		/* uring for notify not supported yet */
+		queue_request_and_unlock(fc, req, false);
 	} else {
 		err = -ENODEV;
 		spin_unlock(&fiq->lock);
@@ -2184,6 +2241,7 @@ void fuse_abort_conn(struct fuse_conn *fc)
 		spin_unlock(&fc->bg_lock);
 
 		fuse_set_initialized(fc);
+
 		list_for_each_entry(fud, &fc->devices, entry) {
 			struct fuse_pqueue *fpq = &fud->pq;
 
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev_uring.c b/fs/fuse/dev_uring.c
index 3f1c39bb43e24a7f9c5d4cdd507f56fe6358f2fd..6af14a32e908bcb82767ab1bf1f78d83329f801a 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev_uring.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev_uring.c
@@ -793,6 +793,31 @@ static int fuse_uring_commit_fetch(struct io_uring_cmd *cmd, int issue_flags,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static bool is_ring_ready(struct fuse_ring *ring, int current_qid)
+{
+	int qid;
+	struct fuse_ring_queue *queue;
+	bool ready = true;
+
+	for (qid = 0; qid < ring->nr_queues && ready; qid++) {
+		if (current_qid == qid)
+			continue;
+
+		queue = ring->queues[qid];
+		if (!queue) {
+			ready = false;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		spin_lock(&queue->lock);
+		if (list_empty(&queue->ent_avail_queue))
+			ready = false;
+		spin_unlock(&queue->lock);
+	}
+
+	return ready;
+}
+
 /*
  * fuse_uring_req_fetch command handling
  */
@@ -801,11 +826,19 @@ static void _fuse_uring_fetch(struct fuse_ring_ent *ring_ent,
 			      unsigned int issue_flags)
 {
 	struct fuse_ring_queue *queue = ring_ent->queue;
+	struct fuse_ring *ring = queue->ring;
 
 	spin_lock(&queue->lock);
 	fuse_uring_ent_avail(ring_ent, queue);
 	ring_ent->cmd = cmd;
 	spin_unlock(&queue->lock);
+
+	if (!ring->ready) {
+		bool ready = is_ring_ready(ring, queue->qid);
+
+		if (ready)
+			WRITE_ONCE(ring->ready, true);
+	}
 }
 
 static int fuse_uring_fetch(struct io_uring_cmd *cmd, unsigned int issue_flags,
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev_uring_i.h b/fs/fuse/dev_uring_i.h
index 4f5586684cb8fec3ddc825511cb6b935f5cf85d6..931eef6f770e967784bbe9b354bc61d9bfe7ff8d 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev_uring_i.h
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev_uring_i.h
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ struct fuse_ring {
 	unsigned long teardown_time;
 
 	atomic_t queue_refs;
+
+	bool ready;
 };
 
 void fuse_uring_destruct(struct fuse_conn *fc);
@@ -157,6 +159,11 @@ static inline void fuse_uring_wait_stopped_queues(struct fuse_conn *fc)
 			   atomic_read(&ring->queue_refs) == 0);
 }
 
+static inline bool fuse_uring_ready(struct fuse_conn *fc)
+{
+	return fc->ring && fc->ring->ready;
+}
+
 #else /* CONFIG_FUSE_IO_URING */
 
 struct fuse_ring;
@@ -177,6 +184,11 @@ static inline void fuse_uring_wait_stopped_queues(struct fuse_conn *fc)
 {
 }
 
+static inline bool fuse_uring_ready(struct fuse_conn *fc)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
 static inline int
 fuse_uring_queue_fuse_req(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req)
 {
