diff --git a/fs/eventfd.c b/fs/eventfd.c
index bd420e6478a..3ed4466177a 100644
--- a/fs/eventfd.c
+++ b/fs/eventfd.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_eventfd2(unsigned int count, int flags)
 	int fd;
 	struct eventfd_ctx *ctx;
 
-	if (flags & ~EFD_CLOEXEC)
+	if (flags & ~(EFD_CLOEXEC | EFD_NONBLOCK))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ctx = kmalloc(sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_eventfd2(unsigned int count, int flags)
 	 * anon_inode_getfd() will install the fd.
 	 */
 	fd = anon_inode_getfd("[eventfd]", &eventfd_fops, ctx,
-			      flags & O_CLOEXEC);
+			      flags & (O_CLOEXEC | O_NONBLOCK));
 	if (fd < 0)
 		kfree(ctx);
 	return fd;
diff --git a/include/linux/eventfd.h b/include/linux/eventfd.h
index a6c0eaedb1b..a667637b54e 100644
--- a/include/linux/eventfd.h
+++ b/include/linux/eventfd.h
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EVENTFD
 
-/* For O_CLOEXEC */
+/* For O_CLOEXEC and O_NONBLOCK */
 #include <linux/fcntl.h>
 
 /* Flags for eventfd2.  */
 #define EFD_CLOEXEC O_CLOEXEC
+#define EFD_NONBLOCK O_NONBLOCK
 
 struct file *eventfd_fget(int fd);
 int eventfd_signal(struct file *file, int n);