diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index a6879d1692411..463e828f1f312 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ static ssize_t inotify_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 		ret = -EAGAIN;
 		if (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)
 			break;
-		ret = -EINTR;
+		ret = -ERESTARTSYS;
 		if (signal_pending(current))
 			break;