diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 76ce0cc3ee4e..51b08ab01dff 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1695,7 +1695,7 @@ static int aio_poll_wake(struct wait_queue_entry *wait, unsigned mode, int sync,
 		list_del(&iocb->ki_list);
 		iocb->ki_res.res = mangle_poll(mask);
 		req->done = true;
-		if (iocb->ki_eventfd && eventfd_signal_count()) {
+		if (iocb->ki_eventfd && eventfd_signal_allowed()) {
 			iocb = NULL;
 			INIT_WORK(&req->work, aio_poll_put_work);
 			schedule_work(&req->work);
diff --git a/fs/eventfd.c b/fs/eventfd.c
index e265b6dd4f34..3627dd7d25db 100644
--- a/fs/eventfd.c
+++ b/fs/eventfd.c
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
 #include <linux/idr.h>
 #include <linux/uio.h>
 
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, eventfd_wake_count);
-
 static DEFINE_IDA(eventfd_ida);
 
 struct eventfd_ctx {
@@ -67,21 +65,21 @@ __u64 eventfd_signal(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx, __u64 n)
 	 * Deadlock or stack overflow issues can happen if we recurse here
 	 * through waitqueue wakeup handlers. If the caller users potentially
 	 * nested waitqueues with custom wakeup handlers, then it should
-	 * check eventfd_signal_count() before calling this function. If
-	 * it returns true, the eventfd_signal() call should be deferred to a
+	 * check eventfd_signal_allowed() before calling this function. If
+	 * it returns false, the eventfd_signal() call should be deferred to a
 	 * safe context.
 	 */
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(this_cpu_read(eventfd_wake_count)))
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(current->in_eventfd_signal))
 		return 0;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->wqh.lock, flags);
-	this_cpu_inc(eventfd_wake_count);
+	current->in_eventfd_signal = 1;
 	if (ULLONG_MAX - ctx->count < n)
 		n = ULLONG_MAX - ctx->count;
 	ctx->count += n;
 	if (waitqueue_active(&ctx->wqh))
 		wake_up_locked_poll(&ctx->wqh, EPOLLIN);
-	this_cpu_dec(eventfd_wake_count);
+	current->in_eventfd_signal = 0;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->wqh.lock, flags);
 
 	return n;
diff --git a/include/linux/eventfd.h b/include/linux/eventfd.h
index fa0a524baed0..305d5f19093b 100644
--- a/include/linux/eventfd.h
+++ b/include/linux/eventfd.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/percpu-defs.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
 
 /*
  * CAREFUL: Check include/uapi/asm-generic/fcntl.h when defining
@@ -43,11 +44,9 @@ int eventfd_ctx_remove_wait_queue(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx, wait_queue_entry_t *w
 				  __u64 *cnt);
 void eventfd_ctx_do_read(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx, __u64 *cnt);
 
-DECLARE_PER_CPU(int, eventfd_wake_count);
-
-static inline bool eventfd_signal_count(void)
+static inline bool eventfd_signal_allowed(void)
 {
-	return this_cpu_read(eventfd_wake_count);
+	return !current->in_eventfd_signal;
 }
 
 #else /* CONFIG_EVENTFD */
@@ -78,9 +77,9 @@ static inline int eventfd_ctx_remove_wait_queue(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx,
 	return -ENOSYS;
 }
 
-static inline bool eventfd_signal_count(void)
+static inline bool eventfd_signal_allowed(void)
 {
-	return false;
+	return true;
 }
 
 static inline void eventfd_ctx_do_read(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx, __u64 *cnt)
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 3bb9fecfdaa1..6421a9a8b4ca 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -864,6 +864,10 @@ struct task_struct {
 	/* Used by page_owner=on to detect recursion in page tracking. */
 	unsigned			in_page_owner:1;
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_EVENTFD
+	/* Recursion prevention for eventfd_signal() */
+	unsigned			in_eventfd_signal:1;
+#endif
 
 	unsigned long			atomic_flags; /* Flags requiring atomic access. */