diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index 9841648c9cf3..e37c79935ecb 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -664,7 +664,8 @@ pipe_poll(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait)
 	union pipe_index idx;
 
 	/* Epoll has some historical nasty semantics, this enables them */
-	WRITE_ONCE(pipe->poll_usage, true);
+	if (unlikely(!READ_ONCE(pipe->poll_usage)))
+		WRITE_ONCE(pipe->poll_usage, true);
 
 	/*
 	 * Reading pipe state only -- no need for acquiring the semaphore.