Flag protect epoll exclusive for now
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epollex_linux.cc b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epollex_linux.cc
index c9e9fca..feda517 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epollex_linux.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epollex_linux.cc
@@ -1411,6 +1411,10 @@
 
 const grpc_event_engine_vtable *grpc_init_epollex_linux(
     bool explicitly_requested) {
+  if (!explicitly_requested) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
   if (!grpc_has_wakeup_fd()) {
     return NULL;
   }