fence->ops->get_timeline_name(fence), fence->context,
                 fence->seqno);
 
-       fence_add_callback(fence, &sync_file->cb, fence_check_cb_func);
-
        return sync_file;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_file_create);
                goto err;
        }
 
-       fence_add_callback(sync_file->fence, &sync_file->cb,
-                          fence_check_cb_func);
-
        strlcpy(sync_file->name, name, sizeof(sync_file->name));
        return sync_file;
 
        struct sync_file *sync_file = container_of(kref, struct sync_file,
                                                     kref);
 
-       fence_remove_callback(sync_file->fence, &sync_file->cb);
+       if (test_bit(POLL_ENABLED, &sync_file->fence->flags))
+               fence_remove_callback(sync_file->fence, &sync_file->cb);
        fence_put(sync_file->fence);
        kfree(sync_file);
 }
 static unsigned int sync_file_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 {
        struct sync_file *sync_file = file->private_data;
-       int status;
 
        poll_wait(file, &sync_file->wq, wait);
 
-       status = fence_is_signaled(sync_file->fence);
+       if (!test_and_set_bit(POLL_ENABLED, &sync_file->fence->flags)) {
+               if (fence_add_callback(sync_file->fence, &sync_file->cb,
+                                      fence_check_cb_func) < 0)
+                       wake_up_all(&sync_file->wq);
+       }
 
-       if (status)
-               return POLLIN;
-       if (status < 0)
-               return POLLERR;
-       return 0;
+       return fence_is_signaled(sync_file->fence) ? POLLIN : 0;
 }
 
 static long sync_file_ioctl_merge(struct sync_file *sync_file,