diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 67db22fe99c5ce8bf0ba606c0a45f221cbf69b38..ea4436f409fb005a16edeca3f49f29f955db0171 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -922,13 +922,17 @@ static __poll_t ep_read_events_proc(struct eventpoll *ep, struct list_head *head
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static __poll_t ep_eventpoll_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
+static struct wait_queue_head *ep_eventpoll_get_poll_head(struct file *file,
+		__poll_t eventmask)
 {
 	struct eventpoll *ep = file->private_data;
-	int depth = 0;
+	return &ep->poll_wait;
+}
 
-	/* Insert inside our poll wait queue */
-	poll_wait(file, &ep->poll_wait, wait);
+static __poll_t ep_eventpoll_poll_mask(struct file *file, __poll_t eventmask)
+{
+	struct eventpoll *ep = file->private_data;
+	int depth = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Proceed to find out if wanted events are really available inside
@@ -968,7 +972,8 @@ static const struct file_operations eventpoll_fops = {
 	.show_fdinfo	= ep_show_fdinfo,
 #endif
 	.release	= ep_eventpoll_release,
-	.poll		= ep_eventpoll_poll,
+	.get_poll_head	= ep_eventpoll_get_poll_head,
+	.poll_mask	= ep_eventpoll_poll_mask,
 	.llseek		= noop_llseek,
 };