diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 5b839ce..4bcbab6 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -1750,9 +1750,9 @@
 			 * during ep_insert().
 			 */
 			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);
+				if (get_file_rcu(epi->ffd.file))
+					list_add(&epi->ffd.file->f_tfile_llink,
+						 &tfile_check_list);
 			}
 		}
 	}