diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index c991616acca9..bff8567aa42d 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -259,16 +259,15 @@ static ssize_t fanotify_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	struct fsnotify_event *kevent;
 	char __user *start;
 	int ret;
-	DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
+	DEFINE_WAIT_FUNC(wait, woken_wake_function);
 
 	start = buf;
 	group = file->private_data;
 
 	pr_debug("%s: group=%p\n", __func__, group);
 
+	add_wait_queue(&group->notification_waitq, &wait);
 	while (1) {
-		prepare_to_wait(&group->notification_waitq, &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
-
 		mutex_lock(&group->notification_mutex);
 		kevent = get_one_event(group, count);
 		mutex_unlock(&group->notification_mutex);
@@ -289,7 +288,8 @@ static ssize_t fanotify_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 
 			if (start != buf)
 				break;
-			schedule();
+
+			wait_woken(&wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT);
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -318,8 +318,8 @@ static ssize_t fanotify_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 		buf += ret;
 		count -= ret;
 	}
+	remove_wait_queue(&group->notification_waitq, &wait);
 
-	finish_wait(&group->notification_waitq, &wait);
 	if (start != buf && ret != -EFAULT)
 		ret = buf - start;
 	return ret;