diff --git a/fs/proc/inode.c b/fs/proc/inode.c
index a5b0dfd89a17043b262261b55a55a3a0f284f286..0e4d37c93eea70208a82a5861735817209082fd7 100644
--- a/fs/proc/inode.c
+++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/stat.h>
 #include <linux/completion.h>
+#include <linux/poll.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/limits.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ static ssize_t proc_reg_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t
 static unsigned int proc_reg_poll(struct file *file, struct poll_table_struct *pts)
 {
 	struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
-	unsigned int rv = 0;
+	unsigned int rv = DEFAULT_POLLMASK;
 	unsigned int (*poll)(struct file *, struct poll_table_struct *);
 
 	spin_lock(&pde->pde_unload_lock);
diff --git a/fs/select.c b/fs/select.c
index a974082b0824a8a9935abd42c3471b50a9755410..46dca31c607ad79fd2e857cb1e3b72a902ee6c0f 100644
--- a/fs/select.c
+++ b/fs/select.c
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
-#define DEFAULT_POLLMASK (POLLIN | POLLOUT | POLLRDNORM | POLLWRNORM)
-
 struct poll_table_page {
 	struct poll_table_page * next;
 	struct poll_table_entry * entry;
diff --git a/include/linux/poll.h b/include/linux/poll.h
index 27690798623fabc8b598509bb9b8ffdd2512bfb3..16d813b364ef41c26d5404a53c480e3b0dbef0d3 100644
--- a/include/linux/poll.h
+++ b/include/linux/poll.h
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #define WQUEUES_STACK_ALLOC	(MAX_STACK_ALLOC - FRONTEND_STACK_ALLOC)
 #define N_INLINE_POLL_ENTRIES	(WQUEUES_STACK_ALLOC / sizeof(struct poll_table_entry))
 
+#define DEFAULT_POLLMASK (POLLIN | POLLOUT | POLLRDNORM | POLLWRNORM)
+
 struct poll_table_struct;
 
 /*