diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index b10b48c2a7af..7bcfff900f05 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -1852,7 +1852,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(epoll_ctl, int, epfd, int, op, int, fd,
 		goto error_tgt_fput;
 
 	/* Check if EPOLLWAKEUP is allowed */
-	ep_take_care_of_epollwakeup(&epds);
+	if (ep_op_has_event(op))
+		ep_take_care_of_epollwakeup(&epds);
 
 	/*
 	 * We have to check that the file structure underneath the file descriptor