diff --git a/include/linux/wait.h b/include/linux/wait.h
index 5d631c17eaee..bc024632f365 100644
--- a/include/linux/wait.h
+++ b/include/linux/wait.h
@@ -440,13 +440,15 @@ void abort_exclusive_wait(wait_queue_head_t *q, wait_queue_t *wait,
 int autoremove_wake_function(wait_queue_t *wait, unsigned mode, int sync, void *key);
 int wake_bit_function(wait_queue_t *wait, unsigned mode, int sync, void *key);
 
-#define DEFINE_WAIT(name)						\
+#define DEFINE_WAIT_FUNC(name, function)				\
 	wait_queue_t name = {						\
 		.private	= current,				\
-		.func		= autoremove_wake_function,		\
+		.func		= function,				\
 		.task_list	= LIST_HEAD_INIT((name).task_list),	\
 	}
 
+#define DEFINE_WAIT(name) DEFINE_WAIT_FUNC(name, autoremove_wake_function)
+
 #define DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(name, word, bit)				\
 	struct wait_bit_queue name = {					\
 		.key = __WAIT_BIT_KEY_INITIALIZER(word, bit),		\
diff --git a/net/core/datagram.c b/net/core/datagram.c
index d0de644b378d..b01a76abe1d2 100644
--- a/net/core/datagram.c
+++ b/net/core/datagram.c
@@ -64,13 +64,25 @@ static inline int connection_based(struct sock *sk)
 	return sk->sk_type == SOCK_SEQPACKET || sk->sk_type == SOCK_STREAM;
 }
 
+static int receiver_wake_function(wait_queue_t *wait, unsigned mode, int sync,
+				  void *key)
+{
+	unsigned long bits = (unsigned long)key;
+
+	/*
+	 * Avoid a wakeup if event not interesting for us
+	 */
+	if (bits && !(bits & (POLLIN | POLLERR)))
+		return 0;
+	return autoremove_wake_function(wait, mode, sync, key);
+}
 /*
  * Wait for a packet..
  */
 static int wait_for_packet(struct sock *sk, int *err, long *timeo_p)
 {
 	int error;
-	DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
+	DEFINE_WAIT_FUNC(wait, receiver_wake_function);
 
 	prepare_to_wait_exclusive(sk->sk_sleep, &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);