diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
index f9fc154d9f727c43435b5be19c63961ca80eb790..05cd85317f6f53b6e0fe77bf0426c890f927b07a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
@@ -607,7 +607,8 @@ xfssyncd(
 	set_freezable();
 	timeleft = xfs_syncd_centisecs * msecs_to_jiffies(10);
 	for (;;) {
-		timeleft = schedule_timeout_interruptible(timeleft);
+		if (list_empty(&mp->m_sync_list))
+			timeleft = schedule_timeout_interruptible(timeleft);
 		/* swsusp */
 		try_to_freeze();
 		if (kthread_should_stop() && list_empty(&mp->m_sync_list))
@@ -627,8 +628,7 @@ xfssyncd(
 			list_add_tail(&mp->m_sync_work.w_list,
 					&mp->m_sync_list);
 		}
-		list_for_each_entry_safe(work, n, &mp->m_sync_list, w_list)
-			list_move(&work->w_list, &tmp);
+		list_splice_init(&mp->m_sync_list, &tmp);
 		spin_unlock(&mp->m_sync_lock);
 
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(work, n, &tmp, w_list) {