diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 79b65c3b9e876f1087ccbcf7908a47c18efbbad9..8b5e2584c840903bc9aeffab1a31aa0a2149b595 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -1852,8 +1852,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(epoll_ctl, int, epfd, int, op, int, fd,
 		goto error_tgt_fput;
 
 	/* Check if EPOLLWAKEUP is allowed */
-	if ((epds.events & EPOLLWAKEUP) && !capable(CAP_BLOCK_SUSPEND))
-		epds.events &= ~EPOLLWAKEUP;
+	ep_take_care_of_epollwakeup(&epds);
 
 	/*
 	 * We have to check that the file structure underneath the file descriptor
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/eventpoll.h b/include/uapi/linux/eventpoll.h
index 2c267bcbb85c1c4e31b676127db7686d8d027e09..bc81fb2e1f0e19d363d3c8095c85b971c521d12a 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/eventpoll.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/eventpoll.h
@@ -61,5 +61,16 @@ struct epoll_event {
 	__u64 data;
 } EPOLL_PACKED;
 
-
+#ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
+static inline void ep_take_care_of_epollwakeup(struct epoll_event *epev)
+{
+	if ((epev->events & EPOLLWAKEUP) && !capable(CAP_BLOCK_SUSPEND))
+		epev->events &= ~EPOLLWAKEUP;
+}
+#else
+static inline void ep_take_care_of_epollwakeup(struct epoll_event *epev)
+{
+	epev->events &= ~EPOLLWAKEUP;
+}
+#endif
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_EVENTPOLL_H */