diff --git a/services/inputflinger/EventHub.cpp b/services/inputflinger/EventHub.cpp
index 4d9a2a0..ccc24b9 100644
--- a/services/inputflinger/EventHub.cpp
+++ b/services/inputflinger/EventHub.cpp
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
         mPendingEventCount(0), mPendingEventIndex(0), mPendingINotify(false) {
     acquire_wake_lock(PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK, WAKE_LOCK_ID);
 
-    mEpollFd = epoll_create(EPOLL_SIZE_HINT);
+    mEpollFd = epoll_create1(EPOLL_CLOEXEC);
     LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(mEpollFd < 0, "Could not create epoll instance.  errno=%d", errno);
 
     mINotifyFd = inotify_init();