diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/qemu-6-tests.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/qemu-6-tests.sh
index 0115f4114..7528a1b9a 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/qemu-6-tests.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/qemu-6-tests.sh
@@ -93,6 +93,13 @@ case "$1" in
     ;;
 esac
 
+# enable io_uring on el9/el10
+case "$1" in
+  almalinux9|almalinux10)
+    sudo sysctl kernel.io_uring_disabled=0 > /dev/null
+    ;;
+esac
+
 # run functional testings and save exitcode
 cd /var/tmp
 TAGS=$2/$3
diff --git a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/io/io_uring.ksh b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/io/io_uring.ksh
index f14b9f450..6db2b3ae5 100755
--- a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/io/io_uring.ksh
+++ b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/io/io_uring.ksh
@@ -44,13 +44,6 @@ if ! $(grep -q "CONFIG_IO_URING=y" /boot/config-$(uname -r)); then
 	log_unsupported "Requires io_uring support within Kernel"
 fi
 
-if [ -e /etc/os-release ] ; then
-	source /etc/os-release
-	if [ $PLATFORM_ID = "platform:el9" ]; then
-		log_unsupported "Disabled on RHEL 9 variants: fails with 'Operation not permitted'"
-	fi
-fi
-
 fio --ioengine=io_uring --parse-only || log_unsupported "fio io_uring support required"
 
 function cleanup