diff --git a/fs/inotify.c b/fs/inotify.c
index 878ccca61213..3041503bde02 100644
--- a/fs/inotify.c
+++ b/fs/inotify.c
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_inotify_add_watch(int fd, const char __user *path, u32 mask)
 		mask_add = 1;
 
 	/* don't let user-space set invalid bits: we don't want flags set */
-	mask &= IN_ALL_EVENTS;
+	mask &= IN_ALL_EVENTS | IN_ONESHOT;
 	if (unlikely(!mask)) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;