diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 12eebcdea9c8..e0decff22ae2 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -1994,9 +1994,11 @@ static int ep_loop_check_proc(void *priv, void *cookie, int call_nests)
 			 * not already there, and calling reverse_path_check()
 			 * during ep_insert().
 			 */
-			if (list_empty(&epi->ffd.file->f_tfile_llink))
+			if (list_empty(&epi->ffd.file->f_tfile_llink)) {
+				get_file(epi->ffd.file);
 				list_add(&epi->ffd.file->f_tfile_llink,
 					 &tfile_check_list);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&ep->mtx);
@@ -2040,6 +2042,7 @@ static void clear_tfile_check_list(void)
 		file = list_first_entry(&tfile_check_list, struct file,
 					f_tfile_llink);
 		list_del_init(&file->f_tfile_llink);
+		fput(file);
 	}
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tfile_check_list);
 }
@@ -2200,25 +2203,22 @@ int do_epoll_ctl(int epfd, int op, int fd, struct epoll_event *epds,
 			full_check = 1;
 			if (is_file_epoll(tf.file)) {
 				error = -ELOOP;
-				if (ep_loop_check(ep, tf.file) != 0) {
-					clear_tfile_check_list();
+				if (ep_loop_check(ep, tf.file) != 0)
 					goto error_tgt_fput;
-				}
-			} else
+			} else {
+				get_file(tf.file);
 				list_add(&tf.file->f_tfile_llink,
 							&tfile_check_list);
-			error = epoll_mutex_lock(&ep->mtx, 0, nonblock);
-			if (error) {
-out_del:
-				list_del(&tf.file->f_tfile_llink);
-				goto error_tgt_fput;
 			}
+			error = epoll_mutex_lock(&ep->mtx, 0, nonblock);
+			if (error)
+				goto error_tgt_fput;
 			if (is_file_epoll(tf.file)) {
 				tep = tf.file->private_data;
 				error = epoll_mutex_lock(&tep->mtx, 1, nonblock);
 				if (error) {
 					mutex_unlock(&ep->mtx);
-					goto out_del;
+					goto error_tgt_fput;
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -2239,8 +2239,6 @@ out_del:
 			error = ep_insert(ep, epds, tf.file, fd, full_check);
 		} else
 			error = -EEXIST;
-		if (full_check)
-			clear_tfile_check_list();
 		break;
 	case EPOLL_CTL_DEL:
 		if (epi)
@@ -2263,8 +2261,10 @@ out_del:
 	mutex_unlock(&ep->mtx);
 
 error_tgt_fput:
-	if (full_check)
+	if (full_check) {
+		clear_tfile_check_list();
 		mutex_unlock(&epmutex);
+	}
 
 	fdput(tf);
 error_fput: