--- fs/eventpoll.c	2004-08-26 19:14:51.000000000 -0700
+++ fs/eventpoll.c.new	2004-10-03 00:04:33.000000000 -0700
@@ -531,7 +531,8 @@ sys_epoll_ctl(int epfd, int op, int fd, 
 		     current, epfd, op, fd, event));
 
 	error = -EFAULT;
-	if (copy_from_user(&epds, event, sizeof(struct epoll_event)))
+	if (op != EPOLL_CTL_DEL &&
+	    copy_from_user(&epds, event, sizeof(struct epoll_event)))
 		goto eexit_1;
 
 	/* Get the "struct file *" for the eventpoll file */