diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 328eafcd95a..6550137db70 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -1910,10 +1910,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(epoll_ctl, int, epfd, int, op, int, fd,
 			mutex_lock(&epmutex);
 			if (is_file_epoll(tf.file)) {
 				error = -ELOOP;
-				if (ep_loop_check(ep, tf.file) != 0) {
-					clear_tfile_check_list();
+				if (ep_loop_check(ep, tf.file) != 0)
 					goto error_tgt_fput;
-				}
 			} else {
 				get_file(tf.file);
 				list_add(&tf.file->f_tfile_llink,
@@ -1942,8 +1940,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(epoll_ctl, int, epfd, int, op, int, fd,
 			error = ep_insert(ep, &epds, tf.file, fd, full_check);
 		} else
 			error = -EEXIST;
-		if (full_check)
-			clear_tfile_check_list();
 		break;
 	case EPOLL_CTL_DEL:
 		if (epi)
@@ -1964,8 +1960,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(epoll_ctl, int, epfd, int, op, int, fd,
 	mutex_unlock(&ep->mtx);
 
 error_tgt_fput:
-	if (full_check)
+	if (full_check) {
+		clear_tfile_check_list();
 		mutex_unlock(&epmutex);
+	}
 
 	fdput(tf);
 error_fput: