diff --git a/include/linux/llist.h b/include/linux/llist.h
index 27bbdf5ddf82ced8a2f0e2ea33276123de74de8a..e2e96d04ee481cc07d05f0f7513089fb4e969d4a 100644
--- a/include/linux/llist.h
+++ b/include/linux/llist.h
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ static inline bool llist_empty(const struct llist_head *head)
 	return ACCESS_ONCE(head->first) == NULL;
 }
 
+static inline struct llist_node *llist_next(struct llist_node *node)
+{
+	return node->next;
+}
+
 /**
  * llist_add - add a new entry
  * @new:	new entry to be added
diff --git a/kernel/irq_work.c b/kernel/irq_work.c
index 6f0a4310defd92649aaccbf43d5ee69d7c25da37..0e2cde4f380ba7b8b50e37f8ba019538cfb9a6f2 100644
--- a/kernel/irq_work.c
+++ b/kernel/irq_work.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ void irq_work_run(void)
 	while (llnode != NULL) {
 		work = llist_entry(llnode, struct irq_work, llnode);
 
-		llnode = llnode->next;
+		llnode = llist_next(llnode);
 
 		/*
 		 * Clear the PENDING bit, after this point the @work