diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 538d81530a87..29bdbe1fb6e8 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -1865,8 +1865,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(epoll_ctl, int, epfd, int, op, int, fd,
 		goto error_tgt_fput;
 
 	/* Check if EPOLLWAKEUP is allowed */
-	if (ep_op_has_event(op))
-		ep_take_care_of_epollwakeup(&epds);
+	epds.events &= ~EPOLLWAKEUP;
 
 	/*
 	 * We have to check that the file structure underneath the file descriptor