diff --git a/pkg/fdnotifier/fdnotifier.go b/pkg/fdnotifier/fdnotifier.go
index 152557143..0858e0866 100644
--- a/pkg/fdnotifier/fdnotifier.go
+++ b/pkg/fdnotifier/fdnotifier.go
@@ -155,13 +155,20 @@ func (n *notifier) waitAndNotify() error {
 			return err
 		}
 
+		notified := false
 		n.mu.Lock()
 		for i := 0; i < v; i++ {
 			if fi, ok := n.fdMap[e[i].Fd]; ok {
 				fi.queue.Notify(waiter.EventMaskFromLinux(e[i].Events))
+				notified = true
 			}
 		}
 		n.mu.Unlock()
+		if notified {
+			// Let goroutines woken by Notify get a chance to run before we
+			// epoll_wait again.
+			sync.Goyield()
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/sync/runtime_unsafe.go b/pkg/sync/runtime_unsafe.go
index cd17f7368..cd7b9025b 100644
--- a/pkg/sync/runtime_unsafe.go
+++ b/pkg/sync/runtime_unsafe.go
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ import (
 	"unsafe"
 )
 
+// Goyield is runtime.goyield, which is similar to runtime.Gosched but only
+// yields the processor to other goroutines already on the processor's
+// runqueue.
+//
+//go:nosplit
+func Goyield() {
+	goyield()
+}
+
 // Gopark is runtime.gopark. Gopark calls unlockf(pointer to runtime.g, lock);
 // if unlockf returns true, Gopark blocks until Goready(pointer to runtime.g)
 // is called. unlockf and its callees must be nosplit and norace, since stack