diff --git a/libmount/src/monitor.c b/libmount/src/monitor.c
index ca9e02c53..9bc7ea32a 100644
--- a/libmount/src/monitor.c
+++ b/libmount/src/monitor.c
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ int mnt_monitor_enable_userspace(struct libmnt_monitor *mn, int enable, const ch
 
 	me->type = MNT_MONITOR_TYPE_USERSPACE;
 	me->opers = &userspace_opers;
-	me->events = EPOLLPRI | EPOLLIN;
+	me->events = EPOLLIN;
 	me->path = strdup(filename);
 	if (!me->path)
 		goto err;
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ int mnt_monitor_enable_kernel(struct libmnt_monitor *mn, int enable)
 	 * that we have to drain initial event generated by EPOLLIN after
 	 * epoll_ctl(ADD). See monitor_modify_epoll().
 	 */
-	me->events = EPOLLPRI | EPOLLIN | EPOLLET;
+	me->events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLET;
 
 	me->type = MNT_MONITOR_TYPE_KERNEL;
 	me->opers = &kernel_opers;
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ int __test_epoll(struct libmnt_test *ts, int argc, char *argv[], int cleanup)
 		goto done;
 	}
 
-	ev.events = EPOLLPRI | EPOLLIN;
+	ev.events = EPOLLIN;
 	ev.data.fd = fd;
 
 	rc = epoll_ctl(efd, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, fd, &ev);