1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/notify/mark.c b/fs/notify/mark.c
index 41f3990f900b..236f29b066ed 100644
--- a/fs/notify/mark.c
+++ b/fs/notify/mark.c
@@ -349,10 +349,8 @@ static int fsnotify_mark_destroy(void *ignored)
 
         for (;;) {
                 spin_lock(&destroy_lock);
-                list_for_each_entry_safe(mark, next, &destroy_list, destroy_list) {
-                        list_del(&mark->destroy_list);
-                        list_add(&mark->destroy_list, &private_destroy_list);
-                }
+                /* exchange the list head */
+                list_replace_init(&destroy_list, &private_destroy_list);
                 spin_unlock(&destroy_lock);
 
                 synchronize_srcu(&fsnotify_mark_srcu);