diff --git a/include/linux/io_uring_types.h b/include/linux/io_uring_types.h
index e19698daae1a0d403bd4d2c012fb5a44d61a9020..4ddc7b3168f3d4481aa4b2476d1de4ddfaf30a13 100644
--- a/include/linux/io_uring_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/io_uring_types.h
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ enum {
 	REQ_F_ISREG_BIT,
 	REQ_F_POLL_NO_LAZY_BIT,
 	REQ_F_CANCEL_SEQ_BIT,
+	REQ_F_CAN_POLL_BIT,
 
 	/* not a real bit, just to check we're not overflowing the space */
 	__REQ_F_LAST_BIT,
@@ -538,6 +539,8 @@ enum {
 	REQ_F_POLL_NO_LAZY	= IO_REQ_FLAG(REQ_F_POLL_NO_LAZY_BIT),
 	/* cancel sequence is set and valid */
 	REQ_F_CANCEL_SEQ	= IO_REQ_FLAG(REQ_F_CANCEL_SEQ_BIT),
+	/* file is pollable */
+	REQ_F_CAN_POLL		= IO_REQ_FLAG(REQ_F_CAN_POLL_BIT),
 };
 
 typedef void (*io_req_tw_func_t)(struct io_kiocb *req, struct io_tw_state *ts);
diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index fd552b260eefb68a2df2ddcea6b1add5e9282c87..17bd16be1dfd5076f4bcb1f78fce4c5c3fcef603 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -1968,7 +1968,7 @@ void io_wq_submit_work(struct io_wq_work *work)
 	if (req->flags & REQ_F_FORCE_ASYNC) {
 		bool opcode_poll = def->pollin || def->pollout;
 
-		if (opcode_poll && file_can_poll(req->file)) {
+		if (opcode_poll && io_file_can_poll(req)) {
 			needs_poll = true;
 			issue_flags |= IO_URING_F_NONBLOCK;
 		}
diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.h b/io_uring/io_uring.h
index d5495710c17877624c75d8fa36b71af9535336a3..2952551fe345597b328c02287e46cb027725fd61 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.h
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <linux/lockdep.h>
 #include <linux/resume_user_mode.h>
 #include <linux/kasan.h>
+#include <linux/poll.h>
 #include <linux/io_uring_types.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/eventpoll.h>
 #include "io-wq.h"
@@ -398,4 +399,15 @@ static inline size_t uring_sqe_size(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 		return 2 * sizeof(struct io_uring_sqe);
 	return sizeof(struct io_uring_sqe);
 }
+
+static inline bool io_file_can_poll(struct io_kiocb *req)
+{
+	if (req->flags & REQ_F_CAN_POLL)
+		return true;
+	if (file_can_poll(req->file)) {
+		req->flags |= REQ_F_CAN_POLL;
+		return true;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
 #endif
diff --git a/io_uring/kbuf.c b/io_uring/kbuf.c
index 18df5a9d2f5e7defb2df04f548d9e67b737ddbaf..71880615bb7881d5cf3527f4dd4ab42a03dc53b5 100644
--- a/io_uring/kbuf.c
+++ b/io_uring/kbuf.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ static void __user *io_ring_buffer_select(struct io_kiocb *req, size_t *len,
 	req->buf_list = bl;
 	req->buf_index = buf->bid;
 
-	if (issue_flags & IO_URING_F_UNLOCKED || !file_can_poll(req->file)) {
+	if (issue_flags & IO_URING_F_UNLOCKED || !io_file_can_poll(req)) {
 		/*
 		 * If we came in unlocked, we have no choice but to consume the
 		 * buffer here, otherwise nothing ensures that the buffer won't
diff --git a/io_uring/poll.c b/io_uring/poll.c
index c2b0a2d0762b2d59c8395e0c4d69f54217d4bf00..3f3380dc5f68190176f6a4e686acac416945408a 100644
--- a/io_uring/poll.c
+++ b/io_uring/poll.c
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ int io_arm_poll_handler(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned issue_flags)
 
 	if (!def->pollin && !def->pollout)
 		return IO_APOLL_ABORTED;
-	if (!file_can_poll(req->file))
+	if (!io_file_can_poll(req))
 		return IO_APOLL_ABORTED;
 	if (!(req->flags & REQ_F_APOLL_MULTISHOT))
 		mask |= EPOLLONESHOT;
diff --git a/io_uring/rw.c b/io_uring/rw.c
index d5e79d9bdc717b8cb917d6e06b2cbbe6840dd762..0fb7a045163ae7c58d0da639db4e26c30fea972d 100644
--- a/io_uring/rw.c
+++ b/io_uring/rw.c
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ static bool io_rw_should_retry(struct io_kiocb *req)
 	 * just use poll if we can, and don't attempt if the fs doesn't
 	 * support callback based unlocks
 	 */
-	if (file_can_poll(req->file) || !(req->file->f_mode & FMODE_BUF_RASYNC))
+	if (io_file_can_poll(req) || !(req->file->f_mode & FMODE_BUF_RASYNC))
 		return false;
 
 	wait->wait.func = io_async_buf_func;
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ static int __io_read(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 		 * If we can poll, just do that. For a vectored read, we'll
 		 * need to copy state first.
 		 */
-		if (file_can_poll(req->file) && !io_issue_defs[req->opcode].vectored)
+		if (io_file_can_poll(req) && !io_issue_defs[req->opcode].vectored)
 			return -EAGAIN;
 		/* IOPOLL retry should happen for io-wq threads */
 		if (!force_nonblock && !(req->ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL))
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ int io_read_mshot(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 	/*
 	 * Multishot MUST be used on a pollable file
 	 */
-	if (!file_can_poll(req->file))
+	if (!io_file_can_poll(req))
 		return -EBADFD;
 
 	ret = __io_read(req, issue_flags);