1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 739b0985b398..c0b3c70ee87a 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -1663,8 +1663,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(epoll_ctl, int, epfd, int, op, int, fd,
         if (op == EPOLL_CTL_ADD) {
                 if (is_file_epoll(tfile)) {
                         error = -ELOOP;
-                        if (ep_loop_check(ep, tfile) != 0)
+                        if (ep_loop_check(ep, tfile) != 0) {
+                                clear_tfile_check_list();
                                 goto error_tgt_fput;
+                        }
                 } else
                         list_add(&tfile->f_tfile_llink, &tfile_check_list);
         }