diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/sync.c b/drivers/staging/android/sync.c
index f84caad35d68..9e35ea3e73da 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/sync.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/sync.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/poll.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -221,12 +222,14 @@ static void sync_pt_activate(struct sync_pt *pt)
 }
 
 static int sync_fence_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
+static unsigned int sync_fence_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait);
 static long sync_fence_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 			     unsigned long arg);
 
 
 static const struct file_operations sync_fence_fops = {
 	.release = sync_fence_release,
+	.poll = sync_fence_poll,
 	.unlocked_ioctl = sync_fence_ioctl,
 };
 
@@ -497,6 +500,20 @@ static int sync_fence_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static unsigned int sync_fence_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
+{
+	struct sync_fence *fence = file->private_data;
+
+	poll_wait(file, &fence->wq, wait);
+
+	if (fence->status == 1)
+		return POLLIN;
+	else if (fence->status < 0)
+		return POLLERR;
+	else
+		return 0;
+}
+
 static long sync_fence_ioctl_wait(struct sync_fence *fence, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	__s32 value;