diff --git a/virt/kvm/eventfd.c b/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
index c2323c2..efa8a5a 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ irqfd_wakeup(wait_queue_entry_t *wait, unsigned mode, int sync, void *key)
 	struct kvm *kvm = irqfd->kvm;
 	unsigned seq;
 	int idx;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (flags & EPOLLIN) {
 		idx = srcu_read_lock(&kvm->irq_srcu);
@@ -204,6 +205,7 @@ irqfd_wakeup(wait_queue_entry_t *wait, unsigned mode, int sync, void *key)
 					      false) == -EWOULDBLOCK)
 			schedule_work(&irqfd->inject);
 		srcu_read_unlock(&kvm->irq_srcu, idx);
+		ret = 1;
 	}
 
 	if (flags & EPOLLHUP) {
@@ -227,7 +229,7 @@ irqfd_wakeup(wait_queue_entry_t *wait, unsigned mode, int sync, void *key)
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&kvm->irqfds.lock, iflags);
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -236,7 +238,7 @@ irqfd_ptable_queue_proc(struct file *file, wait_queue_head_t *wqh,
 {
 	struct kvm_kernel_irqfd *irqfd =
 		container_of(pt, struct kvm_kernel_irqfd, pt);
-	add_wait_queue(wqh, &irqfd->wait);
+	add_wait_queue_priority(wqh, &irqfd->wait);
 }
 
 /* Must be called under irqfds.lock */