diff --git a/drivers/android/binder.c b/drivers/android/binder.c
index 82fcc1e64e82b586215e53bed26a5e3e3a7c2ee4..de4b67f09ddba7a3c5e5e888b618db680edfcd90 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binder.c
@@ -4365,6 +4365,18 @@ static int binder_thread_release(struct binder_proc *proc,
 		if (t)
 			spin_lock(&t->lock);
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If this thread used poll, make sure we remove the waitqueue
+	 * from any epoll data structures holding it with POLLFREE.
+	 * waitqueue_active() is safe to use here because we're holding
+	 * the inner lock.
+	 */
+	if ((thread->looper & BINDER_LOOPER_STATE_POLL) &&
+	    waitqueue_active(&thread->wait)) {
+		wake_up_poll(&thread->wait, POLLHUP | POLLFREE);
+	}
+
 	binder_inner_proc_unlock(thread->proc);
 
 	if (send_reply)