diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 366c503..bd056a5 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@
 	 * a file structure and a free file descriptor.
 	 */
 	error = anon_inode_getfd("[eventpoll]", &eventpoll_fops, ep,
-				 flags & O_CLOEXEC);
+				 O_RDWR | (flags & O_CLOEXEC));
 	if (error < 0)
 		ep_free(ep);