diff --git a/SOURCES/0001-eventcomm-if-we-get-a-read-error-other-than-EAGAIN-r.patch b/SOURCES/0001-eventcomm-if-we-get-a-read-error-other-than-EAGAIN-r.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7205949
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/0001-eventcomm-if-we-get-a-read-error-other-than-EAGAIN-r.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+From 9f3a6ac97e9d3f13cdfb38e54fbce92452025830 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>
+Date: Mon, 14 May 2018 09:49:00 +1000
+Subject: [PATCH synaptics] eventcomm: if we get a read error other than
+ EAGAIN, remove the fd
+
+Otherwise poll() keeps on triggering on our fd until udev gets around to
+notifying the server that the device is in some state of deadness. Meanwhile,
+the input thread is busy filling the log up with "Read error" messages. Great
+way to test file systems and their capacity to handle out of space scenarios
+but otherwise a bit pointless. Those FS developers should write their own
+tests instead of relying on the synaptics driver!
+
+Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>
+Reviewed-by: Adam Jackson <ajax@redhat.com>
+---
+ src/eventcomm.c | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/eventcomm.c b/src/eventcomm.c
+index f65d532..3d0c5b0 100644
+--- a/src/eventcomm.c
++++ b/src/eventcomm.c
+@@ -557,6 +557,7 @@ SynapticsReadEvent(InputInfoPtr pInfo, struct input_event *ev)
+         if (rc != -EAGAIN) {
+             LogMessageVerbSigSafe(X_ERROR, 0, "%s: Read error %d\n", pInfo->name,
+                     errno);
++            xf86RemoveEnabledDevice(pInfo);
+         } else if (proto_data->read_flag == LIBEVDEV_READ_FLAG_SYNC) {
+             proto_data->read_flag = LIBEVDEV_READ_FLAG_NORMAL;
+             return SynapticsReadEvent(pInfo, ev);
+-- 
+2.14.3
+
diff --git a/SPECS/xorg-x11-drv-synaptics.spec b/SPECS/xorg-x11-drv-synaptics.spec
index fbe2a8d..c64cf87 100644
--- a/SPECS/xorg-x11-drv-synaptics.spec
+++ b/SPECS/xorg-x11-drv-synaptics.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 Name:           xorg-x11-drv-synaptics
 Summary:        Xorg X11 Synaptics touchpad input driver
 Version:        1.9.0
-Release:        1%{?gitdate:.%{gitdate}git%{gitversion}}%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?gitdate:.%{gitdate}git%{gitversion}}%{?dist}
 URL:            http://www.x.org
 License:        MIT
 Group:          User Interface/X Hardware Support
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ Source0:        ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/driver/%{tarball}-%{version}.tar.
 Source3:        50-synaptics.conf
 Source4:        70-touchpad-quirks.rules
 
+Patch01:        0001-eventcomm-if-we-get-a-read-error-other-than-EAGAIN-r.patch
+
 ExcludeArch:    s390 s390x
 
 BuildRequires:  autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ Features:
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{tarball}-%{?gitdate:%{gitdate}}%{!?gitdate:%{version}}
+%patch01 -p1 
 
 %build
 autoreconf -v --install --force || exit 1
@@ -138,6 +141,9 @@ Development files for the Synaptics TouchPad for X.Org.
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue May 15 2018 Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@redhat.com> 1.9.0-2
+- Fix infinite log spam in case of read errors (#1564624).
+
 * Fri Jan 27 2017 Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@redhat.com> 1.9.0-1
 - synaptics 1.9.0 (#1401659)