diff --git a/transport-native-io_uring/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/uring/AbstractIOUringChannel.java b/transport-native-io_uring/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/uring/AbstractIOUringChannel.java
index 334455e162..d7cf28e04b 100644
--- a/transport-native-io_uring/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/uring/AbstractIOUringChannel.java
+++ b/transport-native-io_uring/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/uring/AbstractIOUringChannel.java
@@ -214,17 +214,20 @@ abstract class AbstractIOUringChannel extends AbstractChannel implements UnixCha
         freeRemoteAddressMemory();
         active = false;
 
-        IOUringSubmissionQueue submissionQueue = submissionQueue();
-        if ((ioState & POLL_IN_SCHEDULED) != 0) {
-            submissionQueue.addPollRemove(socket.intValue(), IOUring.POLLMASK_IN);
-            ioState &= ~POLL_IN_SCHEDULED;
+        // doClose() may be called by closeForcibly() before the Channel is registered on the EventLoop.
+        if (isRegistered()) {
+            IOUringSubmissionQueue submissionQueue = submissionQueue();
+            if ((ioState & POLL_IN_SCHEDULED) != 0) {
+                submissionQueue.addPollRemove(socket.intValue(), IOUring.POLLMASK_IN);
+                ioState &= ~POLL_IN_SCHEDULED;
+            }
+            if ((ioState & POLL_OUT_SCHEDULED) != 0) {
+                submissionQueue.addPollRemove(socket.intValue(), IOUring.POLLMASK_OUT);
+                ioState &= ~POLL_OUT_SCHEDULED;
+            }
+            submissionQueue.addPollRemove(socket.intValue(), IOUring.POLLMASK_RDHUP);
+            submissionQueue.submit();
         }
-        if ((ioState & POLL_OUT_SCHEDULED) != 0) {
-            submissionQueue.addPollRemove(socket.intValue(), IOUring.POLLMASK_OUT);
-            ioState &= ~POLL_OUT_SCHEDULED;
-        }
-        submissionQueue.addPollRemove(socket.intValue(), IOUring.POLLMASK_RDHUP);
-        submissionQueue.submit();
 
         // Even if we allow half closed sockets we should give up on reading. Otherwise we may allow a read attempt on a
         // socket which has not even been connected yet. This has been observed to block during unit tests.
diff --git a/transport-native-io_uring/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/uring/IOUringSocketCloseForciblyTest.java b/transport-native-io_uring/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/uring/IOUringSocketCloseForciblyTest.java
index 626df4274c..4d36ee48bf 100644
--- a/transport-native-io_uring/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/uring/IOUringSocketCloseForciblyTest.java
+++ b/transport-native-io_uring/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/uring/IOUringSocketCloseForciblyTest.java
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ import io.netty.bootstrap.Bootstrap;
 import io.netty.bootstrap.ServerBootstrap;
 import io.netty.testsuite.transport.TestsuitePermutation;
 import io.netty.testsuite.transport.socket.SocketCloseForciblyTest;
-import org.junit.Ignore;
-import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -29,11 +27,4 @@ public class IOUringSocketCloseForciblyTest extends SocketCloseForciblyTest {
     protected List<TestsuitePermutation.BootstrapComboFactory<ServerBootstrap, Bootstrap>> newFactories() {
         return IOUringSocketTestPermutation.INSTANCE.socket();
     }
-
-    @Ignore("FIX ME")
-    @Test
-    @Override
-    public void testCloseForcibly() throws Throwable {
-        super.testCloseForcibly();
-    }
 }