diff --git a/include/haproxy/fd-t.h b/include/haproxy/fd-t.h
index 2b51125c9..53bc528a6 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/fd-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/fd-t.h
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ enum {
 #define FD_POLL_ERR	0x08
 #define FD_POLL_HUP	0x10
 
-#define FD_POLL_DATA    (FD_POLL_IN  | FD_POLL_OUT)
-#define FD_POLL_STICKY  (FD_POLL_ERR | FD_POLL_HUP)
+#define FD_POLL_UPDT_MASK   (FD_POLL_IN | FD_POLL_PRI | FD_POLL_OUT)
 
 /* FD_EV_* are the values used in fdtab[].state to define the polling states in
  * each direction. Most of them are manipulated using test-and-set operations
diff --git a/include/haproxy/fd.h b/include/haproxy/fd.h
index 7e0863cde..09fe24cfd 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/fd.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/fd.h
@@ -386,12 +386,12 @@ static inline void fd_update_events(int fd, unsigned char evts)
 	}
 
 	old = fdtab[fd].ev;
-	new = (old & FD_POLL_STICKY) | new_flags;
+	new = (old & ~FD_POLL_UPDT_MASK) | new_flags;
 
 	if (unlikely(locked)) {
 		/* Locked FDs (those with more than 2 threads) are atomically updated */
 		while (unlikely(new != old && !_HA_ATOMIC_CAS(&fdtab[fd].ev, &old, new)))
-			new = (old & FD_POLL_STICKY) | new_flags;
+			new = (old & ~FD_POLL_UPDT_MASK) | new_flags;
 	} else {
 		if (new != old)
 			fdtab[fd].ev = new;