diff --git a/include/linux/rculist.h b/include/linux/rculist.h
index e3beb315517a7a06dea6db0b2d0c8c9aee7ce9e4..d079290843a93f9b508f9d05cd9489ea263dc380 100644
--- a/include/linux/rculist.h
+++ b/include/linux/rculist.h
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_init_rcu(struct list_head *list,
 	struct list_head *last = list->prev;
 	struct list_head *at = head->next;
 
-	if (list_empty(head))
+	if (list_empty(list))
 		return;
 
 	/* "first" and "last" tracking list, so initialize it. */