diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d338f807b26c..a4bdbe6e0f6a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5456f09aaf88731e16dbcea7522cb330b6846415
+refs/heads/master: 973a34aa8593dbfe84386343c694f5beecb51d8a
diff --git a/trunk/net/unix/af_unix.c b/trunk/net/unix/af_unix.c
index e8898758dd31..7ff31c60186a 100644
--- a/trunk/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/trunk/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -2091,6 +2091,10 @@ static unsigned int unix_dgram_poll(struct file *file, struct socket *sock,
 			return mask;
 	}
 
+	/* No write status requested, avoid expensive OUT tests. */
+	if (wait && !(wait->key & (POLLWRBAND | POLLWRNORM | POLLOUT)))
+		return mask;
+
 	writable = unix_writable(sk);
 	other = unix_peer_get(sk);
 	if (other) {