diff --git a/include/proto/fd.h b/include/proto/fd.h
index 605dc215ff..b0a478e4c2 100644
--- a/include/proto/fd.h
+++ b/include/proto/fd.h
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ static inline void fd_insert(int fd)
 	fdtab[fd].ev = 0;
 	fdtab[fd].new = 1;
 	fdtab[fd].linger_risk = 0;
+	fdtab[fd].cloned = 0;
 	if (fd + 1 > maxfd)
 		maxfd = fd + 1;
 }
diff --git a/include/types/fd.h b/include/types/fd.h
index 1c2c7c808a..057d968adb 100644
--- a/include/types/fd.h
+++ b/include/types/fd.h
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ struct fdtab {
 	unsigned char new:1;                 /* 1 if this fd has just been created */
 	unsigned char updated:1;             /* 1 if this fd is already in the update list */
 	unsigned char linger_risk:1;         /* 1 if we must kill lingering before closing */
+	unsigned char cloned:1;              /* 1 if a cloned socket, requires EPOLL_CTL_DEL on close */
 };
 
 /* less often used information */
diff --git a/src/ev_epoll.c b/src/ev_epoll.c
index 2849ec6c17..9d359b2ab5 100644
--- a/src/ev_epoll.c
+++ b/src/ev_epoll.c
@@ -45,6 +45,19 @@ static struct epoll_event ev;
 #define EPOLLRDHUP 0x2000
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Immediately remove file descriptor from epoll set upon close.
+ * Since we forked, some fds share inodes with the other process, and epoll may
+ * send us events even though this process closed the fd (see man 7 epoll,
+ * "Questions and answers", Q 6).
+ */
+REGPRM1 static void __fd_clo(int fd)
+{
+	if (unlikely(fdtab[fd].cloned)) {
+		epoll_ctl(epoll_fd, EPOLL_CTL_DEL, fd, &ev);
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Linux epoll() poller
  */
@@ -267,7 +280,7 @@ static void _do_register(void)
 	p->pref = 300;
 	p->private = NULL;
 
-	p->clo  = NULL;
+	p->clo  = __fd_clo;
 	p->test = _do_test;
 	p->init = _do_init;
 	p->term = _do_term;
diff --git a/src/fd.c b/src/fd.c
index 66f1e8bd65..c238bc880f 100644
--- a/src/fd.c
+++ b/src/fd.c
@@ -438,6 +438,13 @@ int list_pollers(FILE *out)
  */
 int fork_poller()
 {
+	int fd;
+	for (fd = 0; fd <= maxfd; fd++) {
+		if (fdtab[fd].owner) {
+			fdtab[fd].cloned = 1;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (cur_poller.fork) {
 		if (cur_poller.fork(&cur_poller))
 			return 1;