diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index 62d2342eb26..9165eb8309e 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -1876,9 +1876,14 @@ finish:
 static void __wake_requests(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 			    struct list_head *head)
 {
-	struct ceph_mds_request *req, *nreq;
+	struct ceph_mds_request *req;
+	LIST_HEAD(tmp_list);
 
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(req, nreq, head, r_wait) {
+	list_splice_init(head, &tmp_list);
+
+	while (!list_empty(&tmp_list)) {
+		req = list_entry(tmp_list.next,
+				 struct ceph_mds_request, r_wait);
 		list_del_init(&req->r_wait);
 		__do_request(mdsc, req);
 	}