diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index e0decff22ae2..22783ca9d367 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -2042,7 +2042,7 @@ static void clear_tfile_check_list(void)
 		file = list_first_entry(&tfile_check_list, struct file,
 					f_tfile_llink);
 		list_del_init(&file->f_tfile_llink);
-		fput(file);
+		put_filp(file);
 	}
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tfile_check_list);
 }