diff --git a/net/sunrpc/cache.c b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
index af0ddd28b081..baef5ee43dbb 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/cache.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
@@ -529,7 +529,6 @@ void cache_purge(struct cache_detail *detail)
 {
 	struct cache_head *ch = NULL;
 	struct hlist_head *head = NULL;
-	struct hlist_node *tmp = NULL;
 	int i = 0;
 
 	spin_lock(&detail->hash_lock);
@@ -541,7 +540,9 @@ void cache_purge(struct cache_detail *detail)
 	dprintk("RPC: %d entries in %s cache\n", detail->entries, detail->name);
 	for (i = 0; i < detail->hash_size; i++) {
 		head = &detail->hash_table[i];
-		hlist_for_each_entry_safe(ch, tmp, head, cache_list) {
+		while (!hlist_empty(head)) {
+			ch = hlist_entry(head->first, struct cache_head,
+					 cache_list);
 			sunrpc_begin_cache_remove_entry(ch, detail);
 			spin_unlock(&detail->hash_lock);
 			sunrpc_end_cache_remove_entry(ch, detail);