diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-event/sd-event.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-event/sd-event.c
index bd8f4118ef..e46dd4d0e9 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-event/sd-event.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-event/sd-event.c
@@ -4618,6 +4618,7 @@ static int process_epoll(sd_event *e, usec_t timeout, int64_t threshold, int64_t
                         return r;
 
                 m = (size_t) r;
+                msan_unpoison(e->event_queue, m * sizeof(struct epoll_event));
 
                 if (m < n_event_max)
                         break;