1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/firewire/fw-cdev.c b/drivers/firewire/fw-cdev.c
index 3c075b2eedf9..ead5c7b06ec1 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/fw-cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/fw-cdev.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ static int dequeue_event(struct client *client,
                 return -ENODEV;
 
         spin_lock_irqsave(&client->lock, flags);
-        event = container_of(client->event_list.next, struct event, link);
+        event = list_first_entry(&client->event_list, struct event, link);
         list_del(&event->link);
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&client->lock, flags);