--- a/net/9p/trans_fd.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_fd.c
@@ -654,34 +654,31 @@
 /**
  * p9_fd_request - send 9P request
  * The function can sleep until the request is scheduled for sending.
  * The function can be interrupted. Return from the function is not
  * a guarantee that the request is sent successfully.
  *
  * @client: client instance
  * @req: request to be sent
  *
  */
 
 static int p9_fd_request(struct p9_client *client, struct p9_req_t *req)
 {
 	__poll_t n;
 	struct p9_trans_fd *ts = client->trans;
 	struct p9_conn *m = &ts->conn;
 
 	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_TRANS, "mux %p task %p tcall %p id %d\n",
 		 m, current, &req->tc, req->tc.id);
 	if (m->err < 0)
 		return m->err;
 
 	spin_lock(&m->req_lock);
 	WRITE_ONCE(req->status, REQ_STATUS_UNSENT);
 	list_add_tail(&req->req_list, &m->unsent_req_list);
 	spin_unlock(&m->req_lock);
 
-	if (test_and_clear_bit(Wpending, &m->wsched))
-		n = EPOLLOUT;
-	else
-		n = p9_fd_poll(m->client, NULL, NULL);
+ p9_poll_mux(m);
 
 	if (n & EPOLLOUT && !test_and_set_bit(Wworksched, &m->wsched))
 		schedule_work(&m->wq);