diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 2cf0f2153be5..079d1be65ba9 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -1711,7 +1711,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(epoll_ctl, int, epfd, int, op, int, fd,
 
 	/* Check if EPOLLWAKEUP is allowed */
 	if ((epds.events & EPOLLWAKEUP) && !capable(CAP_EPOLLWAKEUP))
-		goto error_tgt_fput;
+		epds.events &= ~EPOLLWAKEUP;
 
 	/*
 	 * We have to check that the file structure underneath the file descriptor