diff --git a/fs/notify/fdinfo.c b/fs/notify/fdinfo.c
index 6b6f0d472ae8..fd98e5100cab 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fdinfo.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fdinfo.c
@@ -83,9 +83,16 @@ static void inotify_fdinfo(struct seq_file *m, struct fsnotify_mark *mark)
 	inode_mark = container_of(mark, struct inotify_inode_mark, fsn_mark);
 	inode = igrab(mark->inode);
 	if (inode) {
+		/*
+		 * IN_ALL_EVENTS represents all of the mask bits
+		 * that we expose to userspace.  There is at
+		 * least one bit (FS_EVENT_ON_CHILD) which is
+		 * used only internally to the kernel.
+		 */
+		u32 mask = mark->mask & IN_ALL_EVENTS;
 		seq_printf(m, "inotify wd:%x ino:%lx sdev:%x mask:%x ignored_mask:%x ",
 			   inode_mark->wd, inode->i_ino, inode->i_sb->s_dev,
-			   mark->mask, mark->ignored_mask);
+			   mask, mark->ignored_mask);
 		show_mark_fhandle(m, inode);
 		seq_putc(m, '\n');
 		iput(inode);