diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
index 4c102f123463..8c61035b968b 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
@@ -112,12 +112,11 @@ int del_mtd_device (struct mtd_info *mtd)
 		       mtd->index, mtd->name, mtd->usecount);
 		ret = -EBUSY;
 	} else {
-		struct list_head *this;
+		struct mtd_notifier *not;
 
 		/* No need to get a refcount on the module containing
 		   the notifier, since we hold the mtd_table_mutex */
-		list_for_each(this, &mtd_notifiers) {
-			struct mtd_notifier *not = list_entry(this, struct mtd_notifier, list);
+		list_for_each_entry(not, &mtd_notifiers, list) {
 			not->remove(mtd);
 		}