1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
index 3d828bc4b1cf..60461ad7fa6f 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ static int inet6_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol)
         struct inet_sock *inet;
         struct ipv6_pinfo *np;
         struct sock *sk;
-        struct list_head *p;
         struct inet_protosw *answer;
         struct proto *answer_prot;
         unsigned char answer_flags;
@@ -97,13 +96,12 @@ static int inet6_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol)
                 build_ehash_secret();
 
         /* Look for the requested type/protocol pair. */
-        answer = NULL;
 lookup_protocol:
         err = -ESOCKTNOSUPPORT;
         rcu_read_lock();
-        list_for_each_rcu(p, &inetsw6[sock->type]) {
-                answer = list_entry(p, struct inet_protosw, list);
+        list_for_each_entry_rcu(answer, &inetsw6[sock->type], list) {
 
+                err = 0;
                 /* Check the non-wild match. */
                 if (protocol == answer->protocol) {
                         if (protocol != IPPROTO_IP)
@@ -118,10 +116,9 @@ lookup_protocol:
                                 break;
                 }
                 err = -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
-                answer = NULL;
         }
 
-        if (!answer) {
+        if (err) {
                 if (try_loading_module < 2) {
                         rcu_read_unlock();
                         /*