diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 1b1abc461fc0..58b96d8a898a 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -670,6 +670,8 @@ static __poll_t ep_scan_ready_list(struct eventpoll *ep,
 	struct epitem *epi, *nepi;
 	LIST_HEAD(txlist);
 
+	lockdep_assert_irqs_enabled();
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to lock this because we could be hit by
 	 * eventpoll_release_file() and epoll_ctl().
@@ -764,6 +766,8 @@ static int ep_remove(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epitem *epi)
 {
 	struct file *file = epi->ffd.file;
 
+	lockdep_assert_irqs_enabled();
+
 	/*
 	 * Removes poll wait queue hooks.
 	 */
@@ -1412,6 +1416,8 @@ static int ep_insert(struct eventpoll *ep, const struct epoll_event *event,
 	struct epitem *epi;
 	struct ep_pqueue epq;
 
+	lockdep_assert_irqs_enabled();
+
 	user_watches = atomic_long_read(&ep->user->epoll_watches);
 	if (unlikely(user_watches >= max_user_watches))
 		return -ENOSPC;
@@ -1540,6 +1546,8 @@ static int ep_modify(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epitem *epi,
 	int pwake = 0;
 	poll_table pt;
 
+	lockdep_assert_irqs_enabled();
+
 	init_poll_funcptr(&pt, NULL);
 
 	/*