diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 113730881f113a88d6a622f64463adf5c0d4671a..d7fd1b0e37abbc27ff1281e2e15ac52f9f15ac1d 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -1892,9 +1892,11 @@ static int ep_loop_check_proc(void *priv, void *cookie, int call_nests)
 			 * not already there, and calling reverse_path_check()
 			 * during ep_insert().
 			 */
-			if (list_empty(&epi->ffd.file->f_tfile_llink))
+			if (list_empty(&epi->ffd.file->f_tfile_llink)) {
+				get_file(epi->ffd.file);
 				list_add(&epi->ffd.file->f_tfile_llink,
 					 &tfile_check_list);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&ep->mtx);
@@ -1938,6 +1940,7 @@ static void clear_tfile_check_list(void)
 		file = list_first_entry(&tfile_check_list, struct file,
 					f_tfile_llink);
 		list_del_init(&file->f_tfile_llink);
+		fput(file);
 	}
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tfile_check_list);
 }
@@ -2097,9 +2100,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(epoll_ctl, int, epfd, int, op, int, fd,
 					clear_tfile_check_list();
 					goto error_tgt_fput;
 				}
-			} else
+			} else {
+				get_file(tf.file);
 				list_add(&tf.file->f_tfile_llink,
 							&tfile_check_list);
+			}
 			mutex_lock_nested(&ep->mtx, 0);
 			if (is_file_epoll(tf.file)) {
 				tep = tf.file->private_data;