diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lustre_peer.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lustre_peer.c
index 5c38c83d6752db874612f0756be1d33d7829e442..5f812460b3eaccbd2a9f3aaa8c0b4b12fae33f37 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lustre_peer.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lustre_peer.c
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ int class_del_uuid(const char *uuid)
 {
 	LIST_HEAD(deathrow);
 	struct uuid_nid_data *data;
+	struct uuid_nid_data *temp;
 
 	spin_lock(&g_uuid_lock);
 	if (uuid) {
@@ -171,9 +172,7 @@ int class_del_uuid(const char *uuid)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	while (!list_empty(&deathrow)) {
-		data = list_entry(deathrow.next, struct uuid_nid_data,
-				  un_list);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(data, temp, &deathrow, un_list) {
 		list_del(&data->un_list);
 
 		CDEBUG(D_INFO, "del uuid %s %s/%d\n",