diff --git a/drivers/net/macvtap.c b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
index 2ee56de7b0cabc4d3611a93ee26a7218e2555958..0737bd4d16696e4a90475a124f17568f87eb2c14 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvtap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
@@ -847,13 +847,12 @@ static ssize_t macvtap_do_read(struct macvtap_queue *q, struct kiocb *iocb,
 			       const struct iovec *iv, unsigned long len,
 			       int noblock)
 {
-	DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
+	DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	ssize_t ret = 0;
 
-	add_wait_queue(sk_sleep(&q->sk), &wait);
 	while (len) {
-		current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
+		prepare_to_wait(sk_sleep(&q->sk), &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 
 		/* Read frames from the queue */
 		skb = skb_dequeue(&q->sk.sk_receive_queue);
@@ -875,8 +874,7 @@ static ssize_t macvtap_do_read(struct macvtap_queue *q, struct kiocb *iocb,
 		break;
 	}
 
-	current->state = TASK_RUNNING;
-	remove_wait_queue(sk_sleep(&q->sk), &wait);
+	finish_wait(sk_sleep(&q->sk), &wait);
 	return ret;
 }