diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c index f988ccd064a22..61a52bb26d127 100644 --- a/fs/eventpoll.c +++ b/fs/eventpoll.c @@ -1891,9 +1891,9 @@ static int ep_loop_check_proc(void *priv, void *cookie, int call_nests) * during ep_insert(). */ 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); + if (get_file_rcu(epi->ffd.file)) + list_add(&epi->ffd.file->f_tfile_llink, + &tfile_check_list); } } }