diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c b/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c
index fd253781be71..0bb456015d8f 100644
--- a/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c
+++ b/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c
@@ -689,13 +689,14 @@ static ssize_t uinput_read(struct file *file, char __user *buffer,
 static __poll_t uinput_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 {
 	struct uinput_device *udev = file->private_data;
+	__poll_t mask = EPOLLOUT | EPOLLWRNORM; /* uinput is always writable */
 
 	poll_wait(file, &udev->waitq, wait);
 
 	if (udev->head != udev->tail)
-		return EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM;
+		mask |= EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM;
 
-	return EPOLLOUT | EPOLLWRNORM;
+	return mask;
 }
 
 static int uinput_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)