diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index 0491da3b28c36bbf786f1f1303d3bb44f6bfdb98..448a1119f0becff3d871a98d8e6cee9b673b2652 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ static void send_sigio_to_task(struct task_struct *p,
 			 * specific si_codes.  In that case use SI_SIGIO instead
 			 * to remove the ambiguity.
 			 */
-			if (sig_specific_sicodes(signum))
+			if ((signum != SIGPOLL) && sig_specific_sicodes(signum))
 				si.si_code = SI_SIGIO;
 
 			/* Make sure we are called with one of the POLL_*