1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index 4e4691a53890..53582b53da95 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -3649,8 +3649,6 @@ static void ipmi_timeout_handler(long timeout_period)
         unsigned long        flags;
         int                  i;
 
-        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&timeouts);
-
         rcu_read_lock();
         list_for_each_entry_rcu(intf, &ipmi_interfaces, link) {
                 /* See if any waiting messages need to be processed. */
@@ -3671,6 +3669,7 @@ static void ipmi_timeout_handler(long timeout_period)
                 /* Go through the seq table and find any messages that
                    have timed out, putting them in the timeouts
                    list. */
+                INIT_LIST_HEAD(&timeouts);
                 spin_lock_irqsave(&intf->seq_lock, flags);
                 for (i = 0; i < IPMI_IPMB_NUM_SEQ; i++)
                         check_msg_timeout(intf, &(intf->seq_table[i]),