diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1b1fdb735c66..8a087e4ecd04 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: f874e1ac21d7708464dc656a10312542c54719f1
+refs/heads/master: 44b350fc23e36e95c8e042b7ded66217ea2b9d72
diff --git a/trunk/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/trunk/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index c8203ce28ab7..7dc940c869b6 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ static int inotify_update_existing_watch(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 
 	/* don't allow invalid bits: we don't want flags set */
 	mask = inotify_arg_to_mask(arg);
-	if (unlikely(!mask))
+	if (unlikely(!(mask & IN_ALL_EVENTS)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	fsn_mark = fsnotify_find_inode_mark(group, inode);
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ static int inotify_new_watch(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 
 	/* don't allow invalid bits: we don't want flags set */
 	mask = inotify_arg_to_mask(arg);
-	if (unlikely(!mask))
+	if (unlikely(!(mask & IN_ALL_EVENTS)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	tmp_i_mark = kmem_cache_alloc(inotify_inode_mark_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);