diff --git a/drivers/iio/kfifo_buf.c b/drivers/iio/kfifo_buf.c
index a923c78..1bea41b 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/kfifo_buf.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/kfifo_buf.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/iio/kfifo_buf.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/poll.h>
 
 struct iio_kfifo {
 	struct iio_buffer buffer;
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@
 	if (ret != 1)
 		return -EBUSY;
 	r->stufftoread = true;
-	wake_up_interruptible(&r->pollq);
+	wake_up_interruptible_poll(&r->pollq, POLLIN | POLLRDNORM);
 
 	return 0;
 }