1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index b10b48c2a7af..7bcfff900f05 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -1852,7 +1852,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(epoll_ctl, int, epfd, int, op, int, fd,
                 goto error_tgt_fput;
 
         /* Check if EPOLLWAKEUP is allowed */
-        ep_take_care_of_epollwakeup(&epds);
+        if (ep_op_has_event(op))
+                ep_take_care_of_epollwakeup(&epds);
 
         /*
          * We have to check that the file structure underneath the file descriptor