diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 57298d092f5608546e849180c33da0f35637598e..ed38801b57a711075ae12dda582ca25c54d2257b 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -1148,12 +1148,29 @@ static inline struct timespec ep_set_mstimeout(long ms)
 	return timespec_add_safe(now, ts);
 }
 
+/**
+ * ep_poll - Retrieves ready events, and delivers them to the caller supplied
+ *           event buffer.
+ *
+ * @ep: Pointer to the eventpoll context.
+ * @events: Pointer to the userspace buffer where the ready events should be
+ *          stored.
+ * @maxevents: Size (in terms of number of events) of the caller event buffer.
+ * @timeout: Maximum timeout for the ready events fetch operation, in
+ *           milliseconds. If the @timeout is zero, the function will not block,
+ *           while if the @timeout is less than zero, the function will block
+ *           until at least one event has been retrieved (or an error
+ *           occurred).
+ *
+ * Returns: Returns the number of ready events which have been fetched, or an
+ *          error code, in case of error.
+ */
 static int ep_poll(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epoll_event __user *events,
 		   int maxevents, long timeout)
 {
-	int res, eavail, timed_out = 0;
+	int res = 0, eavail, timed_out = 0;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	long slack;
+	long slack = 0;
 	wait_queue_t wait;
 	ktime_t expires, *to = NULL;
 
@@ -1164,13 +1181,18 @@ static int ep_poll(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epoll_event __user *events,
 		to = &expires;
 		*to = timespec_to_ktime(end_time);
 	} else if (timeout == 0) {
+		/*
+		 * Avoid the unnecessary trip to the wait queue loop, if the
+		 * caller specified a non blocking operation.
+		 */
 		timed_out = 1;
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
+		goto check_events;
 	}
 
-retry:
+fetch_events:
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
 
-	res = 0;
 	if (!ep_events_available(ep)) {
 		/*
 		 * We don't have any available event to return to the caller.
@@ -1204,6 +1226,7 @@ retry:
 
 		set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 	}
+check_events:
 	/* Is it worth to try to dig for events ? */
 	eavail = ep_events_available(ep);
 
@@ -1216,7 +1239,7 @@ retry:
 	 */
 	if (!res && eavail &&
 	    !(res = ep_send_events(ep, events, maxevents)) && !timed_out)
-		goto retry;
+		goto fetch_events;
 
 	return res;
 }