diff --git a/tornado/ioloop.py b/tornado/ioloop.py
index c9f2e47c..a36ab7a5 100644
--- a/tornado/ioloop.py
+++ b/tornado/ioloop.py
@@ -722,14 +722,14 @@ class PollIOLoop(IOLoop):
             list_empty = not self._callbacks
             self._callbacks.append(functools.partial(
                 stack_context.wrap(callback), *args, **kwargs))
-        if list_empty and thread.get_ident() != self._thread_ident:
-            # If we're in the IOLoop's thread, we know it's not currently
-            # polling.  If we're not, and we added the first callback to an
-            # empty list, we may need to wake it up (it may wake up on its
-            # own, but an occasional extra wake is harmless).  Waking
-            # up a polling IOLoop is relatively expensive, so we try to
-            # avoid it when we can.
-            self._waker.wake()
+            if list_empty and thread.get_ident() != self._thread_ident:
+                # If we're in the IOLoop's thread, we know it's not currently
+                # polling.  If we're not, and we added the first callback to an
+                # empty list, we may need to wake it up (it may wake up on its
+                # own, but an occasional extra wake is harmless).  Waking
+                # up a polling IOLoop is relatively expensive, so we try to
+                # avoid it when we can.
+                self._waker.wake()
 
     def add_callback_from_signal(self, callback, *args, **kwargs):
         with stack_context.NullContext():