diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index 35453f2..b6f901a 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -1072,27 +1072,6 @@
 		forget_pending(fiq);
 }
 
-/* Wait until a request is available on the pending list */
-static void request_wait(struct fuse_iqueue *fiq)
-__releases(fiq->waitq.lock)
-__acquires(fiq->waitq.lock)
-{
-	DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
-
-	add_wait_queue_exclusive(&fiq->waitq, &wait);
-	while (fiq->connected && !request_pending(fiq)) {
-		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
-		if (signal_pending(current))
-			break;
-
-		spin_unlock(&fiq->waitq.lock);
-		schedule();
-		spin_lock(&fiq->waitq.lock);
-	}
-	set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
-	remove_wait_queue(&fiq->waitq, &wait);
-}
-
 /*
  * Transfer an interrupt request to userspace
  *
@@ -1272,13 +1251,14 @@
 	    !request_pending(fiq))
 		goto err_unlock;
 
-	request_wait(fiq);
+	err = wait_event_interruptible_exclusive_locked(fiq->waitq,
+				!fiq->connected || request_pending(fiq));
+	if (err)
+		goto err_unlock;
+
 	err = -ENODEV;
 	if (!fiq->connected)
 		goto err_unlock;
-	err = -ERESTARTSYS;
-	if (!request_pending(fiq))
-		goto err_unlock;
 
 	if (!list_empty(&fiq->interrupts)) {
 		req = list_entry(fiq->interrupts.next, struct fuse_req,