diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h
index 64b82dba17dc028c29b6797c5ccd57327a2e2f8e..6984e7ec4284791e25c620790c849007ce8c933c 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ struct kernfs_node;
 struct kernfs_ops;
 struct kernfs_open_file;
 struct seq_file;
+struct poll_table_struct;
 
 #define MAX_CGROUP_TYPE_NAMELEN 32
 #define MAX_CGROUP_ROOT_NAMELEN 64
@@ -578,6 +579,9 @@ struct cftype {
 	ssize_t (*write)(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
 			 char *buf, size_t nbytes, loff_t off);
 
+	__poll_t (*poll)(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
+			 struct poll_table_struct *pt);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
 	struct lock_class_key	lockdep_key;
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index 3f9f63b5b4495b922f0f5909e988fd652609dcb0..6ec93ec8d4179f154a712babc8acd2a55e77ea6d 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -3515,6 +3515,16 @@ static ssize_t cgroup_file_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of, char *buf,
 	return ret ?: nbytes;
 }
 
+static __poll_t cgroup_file_poll(struct kernfs_open_file *of, poll_table *pt)
+{
+	struct cftype *cft = of->kn->priv;
+
+	if (cft->poll)
+		return cft->poll(of, pt);
+
+	return kernfs_generic_poll(of, pt);
+}
+
 static void *cgroup_seqfile_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	return seq_cft(seq)->seq_start(seq, ppos);
@@ -3553,6 +3563,7 @@ static struct kernfs_ops cgroup_kf_single_ops = {
 	.open			= cgroup_file_open,
 	.release		= cgroup_file_release,
 	.write			= cgroup_file_write,
+	.poll			= cgroup_file_poll,
 	.seq_show		= cgroup_seqfile_show,
 };
 
@@ -3561,6 +3572,7 @@ static struct kernfs_ops cgroup_kf_ops = {
 	.open			= cgroup_file_open,
 	.release		= cgroup_file_release,
 	.write			= cgroup_file_write,
+	.poll			= cgroup_file_poll,
 	.seq_start		= cgroup_seqfile_start,
 	.seq_next		= cgroup_seqfile_next,
 	.seq_stop		= cgroup_seqfile_stop,