diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index ed83ae33dd45..1b8d01af0c2c 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ struct eventpoll {
 	u32 busy_poll_usecs;
 	/* busy poll packet budget */
 	u16 busy_poll_budget;
+	bool prefer_busy_poll;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
@@ -438,13 +439,14 @@ static bool ep_busy_loop(struct eventpoll *ep, int nonblock)
 {
 	unsigned int napi_id = READ_ONCE(ep->napi_id);
 	u16 budget = READ_ONCE(ep->busy_poll_budget);
+	bool prefer_busy_poll = READ_ONCE(ep->prefer_busy_poll);
 
 	if (!budget)
 		budget = BUSY_POLL_BUDGET;
 
 	if (napi_id >= MIN_NAPI_ID && ep_busy_loop_on(ep)) {
-		napi_busy_loop(napi_id, nonblock ? NULL : ep_busy_loop_end, ep, false,
-			       budget);
+		napi_busy_loop(napi_id, nonblock ? NULL : ep_busy_loop_end,
+			       ep, prefer_busy_poll, budget);
 		if (ep_events_available(ep))
 			return true;
 		/*
@@ -2098,6 +2100,7 @@ static int do_epoll_create(int flags)
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_RX_BUSY_POLL
 	ep->busy_poll_usecs = 0;
 	ep->busy_poll_budget = 0;
+	ep->prefer_busy_poll = false;
 #endif
 	ep->file = file;
 	fd_install(fd, file);