diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index b73e0621ce9e79..b10b48c2a7afaf 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ static const struct file_operations eventpoll_fops = {
 void eventpoll_release_file(struct file *file)
 {
 	struct eventpoll *ep;
-	struct epitem *epi;
+	struct epitem *epi, *next;
 
 	/*
 	 * We don't want to get "file->f_lock" because it is not
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ void eventpoll_release_file(struct file *file)
 	 * Besides, ep_remove() acquires the lock, so we can't hold it here.
 	 */
 	mutex_lock(&epmutex);
-	list_for_each_entry_rcu(epi, &file->f_ep_links, fllink) {
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(epi, next, &file->f_ep_links, fllink) {
 		ep = epi->ep;
 		mutex_lock_nested(&ep->mtx, 0);
 		ep_remove(ep, epi);