--- x/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ y/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -991,9 +991,13 @@ static __poll_t ep_item_poll(const struc
 	__poll_t res;
 
 	pt->_key = epi->event.events;
-	if (!is_file_epoll(file))
-		res = vfs_poll(file, pt);
-	else
+	if (!is_file_epoll(file)) {
+		res = 0;
+		if (atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&file->f_count)) {
+			res = vfs_poll(file, pt);
+			fput(file);
+		}
+	} else
 		res = __ep_eventpoll_poll(file, pt, depth);
 	return res & epi->event.events;
 }