diff --git a/ipc/sem.c b/ipc/sem.c
index cb0070ecf5bf38cfc9cb14a7cd6c9102dce362f7..d377b3adfc3dd6c5955d577dce3b6528a3940d37 100644
--- a/ipc/sem.c
+++ b/ipc/sem.c
@@ -403,58 +403,45 @@ static int try_atomic_semop (struct sem_array * sma, struct sembuf * sops,
  */
 static void update_queue (struct sem_array * sma)
 {
-	int error;
-	struct sem_queue * q;
+	struct sem_queue *q, *tq;
+
+again:
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(q, tq, &sma->sem_pending, list) {
+		int error;
+		int alter;
 
-	q = list_entry(sma->sem_pending.next, struct sem_queue, list);
-	while (&q->list != &sma->sem_pending) {
 		error = try_atomic_semop(sma, q->sops, q->nsops,
 					 q->undo, q->pid);
 
 		/* Does q->sleeper still need to sleep? */
-		if (error <= 0) {
-			struct sem_queue *n;
+		if (error > 0)
+			continue;
 
-			/*
-			 * Continue scanning. The next operation
-			 * that must be checked depends on the type of the
-			 * completed operation:
-			 * - if the operation modified the array, then
-			 *   restart from the head of the queue and
-			 *   check for threads that might be waiting
-			 *   for semaphore values to become 0.
-			 * - if the operation didn't modify the array,
-			 *   then just continue.
-			 * The order of list_del() and reading ->next
-			 * is crucial: In the former case, the list_del()
-			 * must be done first [because we might be the
-			 * first entry in ->sem_pending], in the latter
-			 * case the list_del() must be done last
-			 * [because the list is invalid after the list_del()]
-			 */
-			if (q->alter) {
-				list_del(&q->list);
-				n = list_entry(sma->sem_pending.next,
-						struct sem_queue, list);
-			} else {
-				n = list_entry(q->list.next, struct sem_queue,
-						list);
-				list_del(&q->list);
-			}
+		list_del(&q->list);
 
-			/* wake up the waiting thread */
-			q->status = IN_WAKEUP;
+		/*
+		 * The next operation that must be checked depends on the type
+		 * of the completed operation:
+		 * - if the operation modified the array, then restart from the
+		 *   head of the queue and check for threads that might be
+		 *   waiting for semaphore values to become 0.
+		 * - if the operation didn't modify the array, then just
+		 *   continue.
+		 */
+		alter = q->alter;
+
+		/* wake up the waiting thread */
+		q->status = IN_WAKEUP;
 
-			wake_up_process(q->sleeper);
-			/* hands-off: q will disappear immediately after
-			 * writing q->status.
-			 */
-			smp_wmb();
-			q->status = error;
-			q = n;
-		} else {
-			q = list_entry(q->list.next, struct sem_queue, list);
-		}
+		wake_up_process(q->sleeper);
+		/* hands-off: q will disappear immediately after
+		 * writing q->status.
+		 */
+		smp_wmb();
+		q->status = error;
+
+		if (alter)
+			goto again;
 	}
 }