diff --git a/fs/coda/psdev.c b/fs/coda/psdev.c
index 6c6771db36da4f482f123a42f92c852e90cf05fd..7caee8d8ea3b9a24656f40a20c247986f796d39f 100644
--- a/fs/coda/psdev.c
+++ b/fs/coda/psdev.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static ssize_t coda_psdev_read(struct file * file, char __user * buf,
 	/* If request was not a signal, enqueue and don't free */
 	if (!(req->uc_flags & REQ_ASYNC)) {
 		req->uc_flags |= REQ_READ;
-		list_add(&(req->uc_chain), vcp->vc_processing.prev);
+		list_add_tail(&(req->uc_chain), &vcp->vc_processing);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/coda/upcall.c b/fs/coda/upcall.c
index b040eba13a7daf8883e26508c46cbddf9fcda295..a5b5e631ba61e695af8e8b1d376f971cefcca082 100644
--- a/fs/coda/upcall.c
+++ b/fs/coda/upcall.c
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ static int coda_upcall(struct coda_sb_info *sbi,
 	((union inputArgs *)buffer)->ih.unique = req->uc_unique;
 
 	/* Append msg to pending queue and poke Venus. */
-	list_add(&(req->uc_chain), vcommp->vc_pending.prev);
+	list_add_tail(&(req->uc_chain), &vcommp->vc_pending);
         
 	wake_up_interruptible(&vcommp->vc_waitq);
 	/* We can be interrupted while we wait for Venus to process
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index b85fda360533a217fd0ee5e45e892e9c6995db35..6aa635fbfa0a6eaec2c00316a2014b2c5e0ed268 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ static int select_parent(struct dentry * parent)
 		 * of the unused list for prune_dcache
 		 */
 		if (!atomic_read(&dentry->d_count)) {
-			list_add(&dentry->d_lru, dentry_unused.prev);
+			list_add_tail(&dentry->d_lru, &dentry_unused);
 			dentry_stat.nr_unused++;
 			found++;
 		}
diff --git a/fs/dquot.c b/fs/dquot.c
index 81d87a413c68c48c542f06c8bb5982f179f01072..0122a279106a9dd4a0475557901471be5c428546 100644
--- a/fs/dquot.c
+++ b/fs/dquot.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ static inline struct dquot *find_dquot(unsigned int hashent, struct super_block
 /* Add a dquot to the tail of the free list */
 static inline void put_dquot_last(struct dquot *dquot)
 {
-	list_add(&dquot->dq_free, free_dquots.prev);
+	list_add_tail(&dquot->dq_free, &free_dquots);
 	dqstats.free_dquots++;
 }
 
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static inline void put_inuse(struct dquot *dquot)
 {
 	/* We add to the back of inuse list so we don't have to restart
 	 * when traversing this list and we block */
-	list_add(&dquot->dq_inuse, inuse_list.prev);
+	list_add_tail(&dquot->dq_inuse, &inuse_list);
 	dqstats.allocated_dquots++;
 }