diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 10b81e69db74..935c66c809ba 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -1817,23 +1817,30 @@ fetch_events:
 		}
 		write_unlock_irq(&ep->lock);
 
-		if (eavail || res)
-			break;
+		if (!eavail && !res)
+			timed_out = !schedule_hrtimeout_range(to, slack,
+							      HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
 
-		if (!schedule_hrtimeout_range(to, slack, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS)) {
-			timed_out = 1;
-			break;
-		}
-
-		/* We were woken up, thus go and try to harvest some events */
+		/*
+		 * We were woken up, thus go and try to harvest some events.
+		 * If timed out and still on the wait queue, recheck eavail
+		 * carefully under lock, below.
+		 */
 		eavail = 1;
-
 	} while (0);
 
 	__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 
 	if (!list_empty_careful(&wait.entry)) {
 		write_lock_irq(&ep->lock);
+		/*
+		 * If the thread timed out and is not on the wait queue, it
+		 * means that the thread was woken up after its timeout expired
+		 * before it could reacquire the lock. Thus, when wait.entry is
+		 * empty, it needs to harvest events.
+		 */
+		if (timed_out)
+			eavail = list_empty(&wait.entry);
 		__remove_wait_queue(&ep->wq, &wait);
 		write_unlock_irq(&ep->lock);
 	}