diff --git a/lib/jqueue.py b/lib/jqueue.py
index 8ba08e20c5ff6d82f4a89db428544302d5fd3525..6f19ba427e04dc896d14537f21165f0476594341 100644
--- a/lib/jqueue.py
+++ b/lib/jqueue.py
@@ -575,6 +575,7 @@ class _WaitForJobChangesHelper(object):
     self.notifier.process_events()
 
   def WaitForChanges(self, timeout):
+    self._SetupInotify()
     try:
       return utils.Retry(self._CheckForChanges,
                          utils.RETRY_REMAINING_TIME,