diff --git a/sound/core/seq/seq_ports.c b/sound/core/seq/seq_ports.c
index 334579a9f268b692178ee301ec3103c4072d8981..d467b4f0ff2b18d50dae96e813a686f7a28821e6 100644
--- a/sound/core/seq/seq_ports.c
+++ b/sound/core/seq/seq_ports.c
@@ -322,10 +322,8 @@ int snd_seq_delete_all_ports(struct snd_seq_client *client)
 	mutex_lock(&client->ports_mutex);
 	write_lock_irqsave(&client->ports_lock, flags);
 	if (! list_empty(&client->ports_list_head)) {
-		__list_add(&deleted_list,
-			   client->ports_list_head.prev,
-			   client->ports_list_head.next);
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&client->ports_list_head);
+		list_add(&deleted_list, &client->ports_list_head);
+		list_del_init(&client->ports_list_head);
 	} else {
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&deleted_list);
 	}