1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index c5b1a8c10411..7fe5bdee1630 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -307,7 +307,9 @@ static void free_ioctx(struct kioctx *ctx)
         kunmap_atomic(ring);
 
         while (atomic_read(&ctx->reqs_active) > 0) {
-                wait_event(ctx->wait, head != ctx->tail);
+                wait_event(ctx->wait,
+                                head != ctx->tail ||
+                                atomic_read(&ctx->reqs_active) <= 0);
 
                 avail = (head <= ctx->tail ? ctx->tail : ctx->nr_events) - head;
 
@@ -1299,8 +1301,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(io_cancel, aio_context_t, ctx_id, struct iocb __user *, iocb,
  *      < min_nr if the timeout specified by timeout has elapsed
  *      before sufficient events are available, where timeout == NULL
  *      specifies an infinite timeout. Note that the timeout pointed to by
- *      timeout is relative and will be updated if not NULL and the
- *      operation blocks. Will fail with -ENOSYS if not implemented.
+ *      timeout is relative.  Will fail with -ENOSYS if not implemented.
  */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE5(io_getevents, aio_context_t, ctx_id,
                 long, min_nr,