diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 5901010fad55..ae16f809e716 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ unsigned int tcp_poll(struct file *file, struct socket *sock, poll_table *wait)
 		if (tp->urg_seq == tp->copied_seq &&
 		    !sock_flag(sk, SOCK_URGINLINE) &&
 		    tp->urg_data)
-			target--;
+			target++;
 
 		/* Potential race condition. If read of tp below will
 		 * escape above sk->sk_state, we can be illegally awaken