diff --git a/io_uring/poll.c b/io_uring/poll.c
index 0526062e2f81..c7e9fb34563d 100644
--- a/io_uring/poll.c
+++ b/io_uring/poll.c
@@ -669,33 +669,18 @@ static struct async_poll *io_req_alloc_apoll(struct io_kiocb *req,
 	return apoll;
 }
 
-int io_arm_poll_handler(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned issue_flags)
+int io_arm_apoll(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned issue_flags, __poll_t mask)
 {
-	const struct io_issue_def *def = &io_issue_defs[req->opcode];
 	struct async_poll *apoll;
 	struct io_poll_table ipt;
-	__poll_t mask = POLLPRI | POLLERR | EPOLLET;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!def->pollin && !def->pollout)
-		return IO_APOLL_ABORTED;
+	mask |= EPOLLET;
 	if (!io_file_can_poll(req))
 		return IO_APOLL_ABORTED;
 	if (!(req->flags & REQ_F_APOLL_MULTISHOT))
 		mask |= EPOLLONESHOT;
 
-	if (def->pollin) {
-		mask |= EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM;
-
-		/* If reading from MSG_ERRQUEUE using recvmsg, ignore POLLIN */
-		if (req->flags & REQ_F_CLEAR_POLLIN)
-			mask &= ~EPOLLIN;
-	} else {
-		mask |= EPOLLOUT | EPOLLWRNORM;
-	}
-	if (def->poll_exclusive)
-		mask |= EPOLLEXCLUSIVE;
-
 	apoll = io_req_alloc_apoll(req, issue_flags);
 	if (!apoll)
 		return IO_APOLL_ABORTED;
@@ -712,6 +697,31 @@ int io_arm_poll_handler(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned issue_flags)
 	return IO_APOLL_OK;
 }
 
+int io_arm_poll_handler(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned issue_flags)
+{
+	const struct io_issue_def *def = &io_issue_defs[req->opcode];
+	__poll_t mask = POLLPRI | POLLERR;
+
+	if (!def->pollin && !def->pollout)
+		return IO_APOLL_ABORTED;
+	if (!io_file_can_poll(req))
+		return IO_APOLL_ABORTED;
+
+	if (def->pollin) {
+		mask |= EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM;
+
+		/* If reading from MSG_ERRQUEUE using recvmsg, ignore POLLIN */
+		if (req->flags & REQ_F_CLEAR_POLLIN)
+			mask &= ~EPOLLIN;
+	} else {
+		mask |= EPOLLOUT | EPOLLWRNORM;
+	}
+	if (def->poll_exclusive)
+		mask |= EPOLLEXCLUSIVE;
+
+	return io_arm_apoll(req, issue_flags, mask);
+}
+
 /*
  * Returns true if we found and killed one or more poll requests
  */
diff --git a/io_uring/poll.h b/io_uring/poll.h
index 27e2db2ed4ae..c8438286dfa0 100644
--- a/io_uring/poll.h
+++ b/io_uring/poll.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ int io_poll_remove(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags);
 struct io_cancel_data;
 int io_poll_cancel(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct io_cancel_data *cd,
 		   unsigned issue_flags);
+int io_arm_apoll(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned issue_flags, __poll_t mask);
 int io_arm_poll_handler(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned issue_flags);
 bool io_poll_remove_all(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct io_uring_task *tctx,
 			bool cancel_all);