diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 0a67e39943c3..d81115ccb508 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -1928,6 +1928,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(epoll_ctl, int, epfd, int, op, int, fd,
 	mutex_lock_nested(&ep->mtx, 0);
 	if (op == EPOLL_CTL_ADD) {
 		if (!list_empty(&f.file->f_ep_links) ||
+				ep->gen == loop_check_gen ||
 						is_file_epoll(tf.file)) {
 			full_check = 1;
 			mutex_unlock(&ep->mtx);