1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index 1c8ca176458f..376914e2869d 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -601,7 +601,8 @@ static unsigned int devkmsg_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
                 /* return error when data has vanished underneath us */
                 if (user->seq < log_first_seq)
                         ret = POLLIN|POLLRDNORM|POLLERR|POLLPRI;
-                ret = POLLIN|POLLRDNORM;
+                else
+                        ret = POLLIN|POLLRDNORM;
         }
         raw_spin_unlock_irq(&logbuf_lock);