diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 631cc40da1971322c53483cca196bdef5454f59a..94f42a15fff13f1d2719ec85fd0d7fc161370f0d 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -587,13 +587,13 @@ __setup("netdev=", netdev_boot_setup);
 struct net_device *__dev_get_by_name(struct net *net, const char *name)
 {
 	struct hlist_node *p;
+	struct net_device *dev;
+	struct hlist_head *head = dev_name_hash(net, name);
 
-	hlist_for_each(p, dev_name_hash(net, name)) {
-		struct net_device *dev
-			= hlist_entry(p, struct net_device, name_hlist);
+	hlist_for_each_entry(dev, p, head, name_hlist)
 		if (!strncmp(dev->name, name, IFNAMSIZ))
 			return dev;
-	}
+
 	return NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__dev_get_by_name);
@@ -638,13 +638,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_by_name);
 struct net_device *__dev_get_by_index(struct net *net, int ifindex)
 {
 	struct hlist_node *p;
+	struct net_device *dev;
+	struct hlist_head *head = dev_index_hash(net, ifindex);
 
-	hlist_for_each(p, dev_index_hash(net, ifindex)) {
-		struct net_device *dev
-			= hlist_entry(p, struct net_device, index_hlist);
+	hlist_for_each_entry(dev, p, head, index_hlist)
 		if (dev->ifindex == ifindex)
 			return dev;
-	}
+
 	return NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__dev_get_by_index);