diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 81c04abfb1aa..a415f42d32cf 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ static void ep_poll_safewake(struct poll_safewake *psw, wait_queue_head_t *wq)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&psw->lock, flags);
 
 	/* Do really wake up now */
-	wake_up(wq);
+	wake_up_nested(wq, 1 + wake_nests);
 
 	/* Remove the current task from the list */
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&psw->lock, flags);
diff --git a/include/linux/wait.h b/include/linux/wait.h
index 1f4fb0a81ecd..33a2aa9e02f2 100644
--- a/include/linux/wait.h
+++ b/include/linux/wait.h
@@ -162,6 +162,22 @@ wait_queue_head_t *FASTCALL(bit_waitqueue(void *, int));
 #define wake_up_interruptible_all(x)	__wake_up(x, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, 0, NULL)
 #define wake_up_interruptible_sync(x)	__wake_up_sync((x), TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, 1)
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
+/*
+ * macro to avoid include hell
+ */
+#define wake_up_nested(x, s)						\
+do {									\
+	unsigned long flags;						\
+									\
+	spin_lock_irqsave_nested(&(x)->lock, flags, (s));		\
+	wake_up_locked(x); 						\
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&(x)->lock, flags);			\
+} while (0)
+#else
+#define wake_up_nested(x, s)		wake_up(x)
+#endif
+
 #define __wait_event(wq, condition) 					\
 do {									\
 	DEFINE_WAIT(__wait);						\