diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index ccec5539438039..cfbfa15a46ba6a 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ prototypes:
 };
 
 locking rules:
-	All except ->poll() may block.
+	All may block.
 			BKL
 llseek:			no	(see below)
 read:			no
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/v4l1-compat.c b/drivers/media/video/v4l1-compat.c
index d450cab20be4d0..b617bf05e2d7ce 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/v4l1-compat.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/v4l1-compat.c
@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ static int poll_one(struct file *file, struct poll_wqueues *pwq)
 	table = &pwq->pt;
 	for (;;) {
 		int mask;
-		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 		mask = file->f_op->poll(file, table);
 		if (mask & POLLIN)
 			break;
@@ -212,9 +211,8 @@ static int poll_one(struct file *file, struct poll_wqueues *pwq)
 			retval = -ERESTARTSYS;
 			break;
 		}
-		schedule();
+		poll_schedule(pwq, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 	}
-	set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 	poll_freewait(pwq);
 	return retval;
 }
diff --git a/fs/select.c b/fs/select.c
index 87df51eadcf2bd..08b91beed80644 100644
--- a/fs/select.c
+++ b/fs/select.c
@@ -109,11 +109,11 @@ static void __pollwait(struct file *filp, wait_queue_head_t *wait_address,
 void poll_initwait(struct poll_wqueues *pwq)
 {
 	init_poll_funcptr(&pwq->pt, __pollwait);
+	pwq->polling_task = current;
 	pwq->error = 0;
 	pwq->table = NULL;
 	pwq->inline_index = 0;
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(poll_initwait);
 
 static void free_poll_entry(struct poll_table_entry *entry)
@@ -142,12 +142,10 @@ void poll_freewait(struct poll_wqueues *pwq)
 		free_page((unsigned long) old);
 	}
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(poll_freewait);
 
-static struct poll_table_entry *poll_get_entry(poll_table *_p)
+static struct poll_table_entry *poll_get_entry(struct poll_wqueues *p)
 {
-	struct poll_wqueues *p = container_of(_p, struct poll_wqueues, pt);
 	struct poll_table_page *table = p->table;
 
 	if (p->inline_index < N_INLINE_POLL_ENTRIES)
@@ -159,7 +157,6 @@ static struct poll_table_entry *poll_get_entry(poll_table *_p)
 		new_table = (struct poll_table_page *) __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!new_table) {
 			p->error = -ENOMEM;
-			__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 			return NULL;
 		}
 		new_table->entry = new_table->entries;
@@ -171,20 +168,75 @@ static struct poll_table_entry *poll_get_entry(poll_table *_p)
 	return table->entry++;
 }
 
+static int pollwake(wait_queue_t *wait, unsigned mode, int sync, void *key)
+{
+	struct poll_wqueues *pwq = wait->private;
+	DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(dummy_wait, pwq->polling_task);
+
+	/*
+	 * Although this function is called under waitqueue lock, LOCK
+	 * doesn't imply write barrier and the users expect write
+	 * barrier semantics on wakeup functions.  The following
+	 * smp_wmb() is equivalent to smp_wmb() in try_to_wake_up()
+	 * and is paired with set_mb() in poll_schedule_timeout.
+	 */
+	smp_wmb();
+	pwq->triggered = 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * Perform the default wake up operation using a dummy
+	 * waitqueue.
+	 *
+	 * TODO: This is hacky but there currently is no interface to
+	 * pass in @sync.  @sync is scheduled to be removed and once
+	 * that happens, wake_up_process() can be used directly.
+	 */
+	return default_wake_function(&dummy_wait, mode, sync, key);
+}
+
 /* Add a new entry */
 static void __pollwait(struct file *filp, wait_queue_head_t *wait_address,
 				poll_table *p)
 {
-	struct poll_table_entry *entry = poll_get_entry(p);
+	struct poll_wqueues *pwq = container_of(p, struct poll_wqueues, pt);
+	struct poll_table_entry *entry = poll_get_entry(pwq);
 	if (!entry)
 		return;
 	get_file(filp);
 	entry->filp = filp;
 	entry->wait_address = wait_address;
-	init_waitqueue_entry(&entry->wait, current);
+	init_waitqueue_func_entry(&entry->wait, pollwake);
+	entry->wait.private = pwq;
 	add_wait_queue(wait_address, &entry->wait);
 }
 
+int poll_schedule_timeout(struct poll_wqueues *pwq, int state,
+			  ktime_t *expires, unsigned long slack)
+{
+	int rc = -EINTR;
+
+	set_current_state(state);
+	if (!pwq->triggered)
+		rc = schedule_hrtimeout_range(expires, slack, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
+	__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+
+	/*
+	 * Prepare for the next iteration.
+	 *
+	 * The following set_mb() serves two purposes.  First, it's
+	 * the counterpart rmb of the wmb in pollwake() such that data
+	 * written before wake up is always visible after wake up.
+	 * Second, the full barrier guarantees that triggered clearing
+	 * doesn't pass event check of the next iteration.  Note that
+	 * this problem doesn't exist for the first iteration as
+	 * add_wait_queue() has full barrier semantics.
+	 */
+	set_mb(pwq->triggered, 0);
+
+	return rc;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(poll_schedule_timeout);
+
 /**
  * poll_select_set_timeout - helper function to setup the timeout value
  * @to:		pointer to timespec variable for the final timeout
@@ -340,8 +392,6 @@ int do_select(int n, fd_set_bits *fds, struct timespec *end_time)
 	for (;;) {
 		unsigned long *rinp, *routp, *rexp, *inp, *outp, *exp;
 
-		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
-
 		inp = fds->in; outp = fds->out; exp = fds->ex;
 		rinp = fds->res_in; routp = fds->res_out; rexp = fds->res_ex;
 
@@ -411,10 +461,10 @@ int do_select(int n, fd_set_bits *fds, struct timespec *end_time)
 			to = &expire;
 		}
 
-		if (!schedule_hrtimeout_range(to, slack, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS))
+		if (!poll_schedule_timeout(&table, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE,
+					   to, slack))
 			timed_out = 1;
 	}
-	__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 
 	poll_freewait(&table);
 
@@ -666,7 +716,6 @@ static int do_poll(unsigned int nfds,  struct poll_list *list,
 	for (;;) {
 		struct poll_list *walk;
 
-		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 		for (walk = list; walk != NULL; walk = walk->next) {
 			struct pollfd * pfd, * pfd_end;
 
@@ -709,10 +758,9 @@ static int do_poll(unsigned int nfds,  struct poll_list *list,
 			to = &expire;
 		}
 
-		if (!schedule_hrtimeout_range(to, slack, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS))
+		if (!poll_schedule_timeout(wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, to, slack))
 			timed_out = 1;
 	}
-	__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 	return count;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/poll.h b/include/linux/poll.h
index badd98ab06f662..8c24ef8d997695 100644
--- a/include/linux/poll.h
+++ b/include/linux/poll.h
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ static inline void init_poll_funcptr(poll_table *pt, poll_queue_proc qproc)
 }
 
 struct poll_table_entry {
-	struct file * filp;
+	struct file *filp;
 	wait_queue_t wait;
-	wait_queue_head_t * wait_address;
+	wait_queue_head_t *wait_address;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ struct poll_table_entry {
  */
 struct poll_wqueues {
 	poll_table pt;
-	struct poll_table_page * table;
+	struct poll_table_page *table;
+	struct task_struct *polling_task;
+	int triggered;
 	int error;
 	int inline_index;
 	struct poll_table_entry inline_entries[N_INLINE_POLL_ENTRIES];
@@ -64,6 +66,13 @@ struct poll_wqueues {
 
 extern void poll_initwait(struct poll_wqueues *pwq);
 extern void poll_freewait(struct poll_wqueues *pwq);
+extern int poll_schedule_timeout(struct poll_wqueues *pwq, int state,
+				 ktime_t *expires, unsigned long slack);
+
+static inline int poll_schedule(struct poll_wqueues *pwq, int state)
+{
+	return poll_schedule_timeout(pwq, state, NULL, 0);
+}
 
 /*
  * Scaleable version of the fd_set.