diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index a89f370fadb..5458e80fc55 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -1212,7 +1212,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(epoll_create1, int, flags)
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(epoll_create, int, size)
 {
-	if (size < 0)
+	if (size <= 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	return sys_epoll_create1(0);