diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c
index 2d8c2d848668076111daf445098fdf182aa6c9e6..06ea26b8c996f3cc7a9d6fd177260f89394fb325 100644
--- a/fs/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c
@@ -854,6 +854,9 @@ static int userfaultfd_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	__wake_up_locked_key(&ctx->fault_wqh, TASK_NORMAL, &range);
 	spin_unlock(&ctx->fault_pending_wqh.lock);
 
+	/* Flush pending events that may still wait on event_wqh */
+	wake_up_all(&ctx->event_wqh);
+
 	wake_up_poll(&ctx->fd_wqh, POLLHUP);
 	userfaultfd_ctx_put(ctx);
 	return 0;