diff --git a/net/smc/af_smc.c b/net/smc/af_smc.c
index 973b4471b532b0..da7f02edcd374c 100644
--- a/net/smc/af_smc.c
+++ b/net/smc/af_smc.c
@@ -1273,8 +1273,7 @@ static __poll_t smc_accept_poll(struct sock *parent)
 	return mask;
 }
 
-static __poll_t smc_poll(struct file *file, struct socket *sock,
-			     poll_table *wait)
+static __poll_t smc_poll_mask(struct socket *sock, __poll_t events)
 {
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
 	__poll_t mask = 0;
@@ -1290,7 +1289,7 @@ static __poll_t smc_poll(struct file *file, struct socket *sock,
 	if ((sk->sk_state == SMC_INIT) || smc->use_fallback) {
 		/* delegate to CLC child sock */
 		release_sock(sk);
-		mask = smc->clcsock->ops->poll(file, smc->clcsock, wait);
+		mask = smc->clcsock->ops->poll_mask(smc->clcsock, events);
 		lock_sock(sk);
 		sk->sk_err = smc->clcsock->sk->sk_err;
 		if (sk->sk_err) {
@@ -1308,11 +1307,6 @@ static __poll_t smc_poll(struct file *file, struct socket *sock,
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
-		if (sk->sk_state != SMC_CLOSED) {
-			release_sock(sk);
-			sock_poll_wait(file, sk_sleep(sk), wait);
-			lock_sock(sk);
-		}
 		if (sk->sk_err)
 			mask |= EPOLLERR;
 		if ((sk->sk_shutdown == SHUTDOWN_MASK) ||
@@ -1625,7 +1619,7 @@ static const struct proto_ops smc_sock_ops = {
 	.socketpair	= sock_no_socketpair,
 	.accept		= smc_accept,
 	.getname	= smc_getname,
-	.poll		= smc_poll,
+	.poll_mask	= smc_poll_mask,
 	.ioctl		= smc_ioctl,
 	.listen		= smc_listen,
 	.shutdown	= smc_shutdown,