diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index e0decff22ae2..4b3d749af6a2 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -1995,9 +1995,9 @@ 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(epi->ffd.file))
+					list_add(&epi->ffd.file->f_tfile_llink,
+						 &tfile_check_list);
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -2206,8 +2206,8 @@ int do_epoll_ctl(int epfd, int op, int fd, struct epoll_event *epds,
 				if (ep_loop_check(ep, tf.file) != 0)
 					goto error_tgt_fput;
 			} else {
-				get_file(tf.file);
-				list_add(&tf.file->f_tfile_llink,
+				if(get_file(tf.file))
+					list_add(&tf.file->f_tfile_llink,
 							&tfile_check_list);
 			}
 			error = epoll_mutex_lock(&ep->mtx, 0, nonblock);