forget_pending(fiq);
 }
 
-/* Wait until a request is available on the pending list */
-static void request_wait(struct fuse_iqueue *fiq)
-__releases(fiq->waitq.lock)
-__acquires(fiq->waitq.lock)
-{
-       DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
-
-       add_wait_queue_exclusive(&fiq->waitq, &wait);
-       while (fiq->connected && !request_pending(fiq)) {
-               set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
-               if (signal_pending(current))
-                       break;
-
-               spin_unlock(&fiq->waitq.lock);
-               schedule();
-               spin_lock(&fiq->waitq.lock);
-       }
-       set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
-       remove_wait_queue(&fiq->waitq, &wait);
-}
-
 /*
  * Transfer an interrupt request to userspace
  *
            !request_pending(fiq))
                goto err_unlock;
 
-       request_wait(fiq);
+       err = wait_event_interruptible_exclusive_locked(fiq->waitq,
+                               !fiq->connected || request_pending(fiq));
+       if (err)
+               goto err_unlock;
+
        err = -ENODEV;
        if (!fiq->connected)
                goto err_unlock;
-       err = -ERESTARTSYS;
-       if (!request_pending(fiq))
-               goto err_unlock;
 
        if (!list_empty(&fiq->interrupts)) {
                req = list_entry(fiq->interrupts.next, struct fuse_req,