diff --git a/pyopencl/__init__.py b/pyopencl/__init__.py
index 9389f930c42d50f1277e6287b8a0b85da06272b4..a8bdea15c238a114c5197ebfbd36b91aa3c78e65 100644
--- a/pyopencl/__init__.py
+++ b/pyopencl/__init__.py
@@ -1208,8 +1208,7 @@ def enqueue_fill_buffer(queue, mem, pattern, offset, size, wait_for=None):
         from warnings import warn
         warn("The context for this queue does not declare OpenCL 1.2 support, so "
                 "the next thing you might see is a crash")
-    return _cl._enqueue_fill_buffer(queue, mem, pattern, offset,
-            size, wait_for=None)
+    return _cl._enqueue_fill_buffer(queue, mem, pattern, offset, size, wait_for)