diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index fce66dfbf7d5a1a441d995d06033092092a399ad..063224812b7e607879bffeedd5b90f9c4967346f 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ static ssize_t fanotify_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 		ret = -EAGAIN;
 		if (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)
 			break;
-		ret = -EINTR;
+		ret = -ERESTARTSYS;
 		if (signal_pending(current))
 			break;