diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 0b3064079fa530e9c6d68739d931cff50af069a3..db80ce9eb1d07896fb3ddd5f545ed8876dc8b2fa 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -515,8 +515,7 @@ writeback_inodes(struct writeback_control *wbc)
 	might_sleep();
 	spin_lock(&sb_lock);
 restart:
-	sb = sb_entry(super_blocks.prev);
-	for (; sb != sb_entry(&super_blocks); sb = sb_entry(sb->s_list.prev)) {
+	list_for_each_entry_reverse(sb, &super_blocks, s_list) {
 		if (sb_has_dirty_inodes(sb)) {
 			/* we're making our own get_super here */
 			sb->s_count++;
@@ -581,10 +580,8 @@ static void set_sb_syncing(int val)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb;
 	spin_lock(&sb_lock);
-	sb = sb_entry(super_blocks.prev);
-	for (; sb != sb_entry(&super_blocks); sb = sb_entry(sb->s_list.prev)) {
+	list_for_each_entry_reverse(sb, &super_blocks, s_list)
 		sb->s_syncing = val;
-	}
 	spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index e260d9a32c218576a21b9d164a241ce7e9e6c1da..19aab50c3b8eadac84610df78b7bbc5fa5b5a2b7 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -977,7 +977,6 @@ extern int send_sigurg(struct fown_struct *fown);
 extern struct list_head super_blocks;
 extern spinlock_t sb_lock;
 
-#define sb_entry(list)	list_entry((list), struct super_block, s_list)
 #define S_BIAS (1<<30)
 struct super_block {
 	struct list_head	s_list;		/* Keep this first */