static spinlock_t sysfs_ino_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
 static DEFINE_IDA(sysfs_ino_ida);
 
+/**
+ *     sysfs_link_sibling - link sysfs_dirent into sibling list
+ *     @sd: sysfs_dirent of interest
+ *
+ *     Link @sd into its sibling list which starts from
+ *     sd->s_parent->s_children.
+ *
+ *     Locking:
+ *     mutex_lock(sd->s_parent->dentry->d_inode->i_mutex)
+ */
+static void sysfs_link_sibling(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
+{
+       struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd = sd->s_parent;
+
+       BUG_ON(sd->s_sibling);
+       sd->s_sibling = parent_sd->s_children;
+       parent_sd->s_children = sd;
+}
+
+/**
+ *     sysfs_unlink_sibling - unlink sysfs_dirent from sibling list
+ *     @sd: sysfs_dirent of interest
+ *
+ *     Unlink @sd from its sibling list which starts from
+ *     sd->s_parent->s_children.
+ *
+ *     Locking:
+ *     mutex_lock(sd->s_parent->dentry->d_inode->i_mutex)
+ */
+static void sysfs_unlink_sibling(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
+{
+       struct sysfs_dirent **pos;
+
+       for (pos = &sd->s_parent->s_children; *pos; pos = &(*pos)->s_sibling) {
+               if (*pos == sd) {
+                       *pos = sd->s_sibling;
+                       sd->s_sibling = NULL;
+                       break;
+               }
+       }
+}
+
 /**
  *     sysfs_get_active - get an active reference to sysfs_dirent
  *     @sd: sysfs_dirent to get an active reference to
                return;
 
        /* atomic_dec_return() is a mb(), we'll always see the updated
-        * sd->s_sibling.next.
+        * sd->s_sibling.
         */
-       cmpl = (void *)sd->s_sibling.next;
+       cmpl = (void *)sd->s_sibling;
        complete(cmpl);
 }
 
        DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(wait);
        int v;
 
-       BUG_ON(!list_empty(&sd->s_sibling));
-       sd->s_sibling.next = (void *)&wait;
+       BUG_ON(sd->s_sibling);
+       sd->s_sibling = (void *)&wait;
 
        /* atomic_add_return() is a mb(), put_active() will always see
-        * the updated sd->s_sibling.next.
+        * the updated sd->s_sibling.
         */
        v = atomic_add_return(SD_DEACTIVATED_BIAS, &sd->s_active);
 
        if (v != SD_DEACTIVATED_BIAS)
                wait_for_completion(&wait);
 
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sd->s_sibling);
+       sd->s_sibling = NULL;
 }
 
 static int sysfs_alloc_ino(ino_t *pino)
        atomic_set(&sd->s_count, 1);
        atomic_set(&sd->s_active, 0);
        atomic_set(&sd->s_event, 1);
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sd->s_children);
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sd->s_sibling);
 
        sd->s_name = name;
        sd->s_mode = mode;
 
        if (parent_sd) {
                sd->s_parent = sysfs_get(parent_sd);
-               list_add(&sd->s_sibling, &parent_sd->s_children);
+               sysfs_link_sibling(sd);
        }
 }
 
 {
        struct sysfs_dirent * sd;
 
-       list_for_each_entry(sd, &parent_sd->s_children, s_sibling) {
+       for (sd = parent_sd->s_children; sd; sd = sd->s_sibling) {
                if (sd->s_type) {
                        if (strcmp(sd->s_name, new))
                                continue;
        struct inode *inode;
        int found = 0;
 
-       list_for_each_entry(sd, &parent_sd->s_children, s_sibling) {
+       for (sd = parent_sd->s_children; sd; sd = sd->s_sibling) {
                if ((sd->s_type & SYSFS_NOT_PINNED) &&
                    !strcmp(sd->s_name, dentry->d_name.name)) {
                        found = 1;
 
        mutex_lock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
-       list_del_init(&sd->s_sibling);
+       sysfs_unlink_sibling(sd);
 
        pr_debug(" o %s removing done (%d)\n",d->d_name.name,
                 atomic_read(&d->d_count));
 
 static void __sysfs_remove_dir(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-       LIST_HEAD(removed);
-       struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd;
-       struct sysfs_dirent * sd, * tmp;
+       struct sysfs_dirent *removed = NULL;
+       struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd;
+       struct sysfs_dirent **pos;
 
        if (!dentry)
                return;
        pr_debug("sysfs %s: removing dir\n",dentry->d_name.name);
        mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
        parent_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
-       list_for_each_entry_safe(sd, tmp, &parent_sd->s_children, s_sibling) {
-               if (!sd->s_type || !(sd->s_type & SYSFS_NOT_PINNED))
-                       continue;
-               list_move(&sd->s_sibling, &removed);
+       pos = &parent_sd->s_children;
+       while (*pos) {
+               struct sysfs_dirent *sd = *pos;
+
+               if (sd->s_type && (sd->s_type & SYSFS_NOT_PINNED)) {
+                       *pos = sd->s_sibling;
+                       sd->s_sibling = removed;
+                       removed = sd;
+               } else
+                       pos = &(*pos)->s_sibling;
        }
        mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
-       list_for_each_entry_safe(sd, tmp, &removed, s_sibling) {
-               list_del_init(&sd->s_sibling);
+       while (removed) {
+               struct sysfs_dirent *sd = removed;
+
+               removed = sd->s_sibling;
+               sd->s_sibling = NULL;
+
                sysfs_drop_dentry(sd);
                sysfs_deactivate(sd);
                sysfs_put(sd);
        d_add(new_dentry, NULL);
        d_move(kobj->dentry, new_dentry);
 
-       list_del_init(&sd->s_sibling);
+       sysfs_unlink_sibling(sd);
        sysfs_get(parent_sd);
        sysfs_put(sd->s_parent);
        sd->s_parent = parent_sd;
-       list_add(&sd->s_sibling, &parent_sd->s_children);
+       sysfs_link_sibling(sd);
 
        error = 0;
        goto out_unlock;
        dput(new_dentry);
 
        /* Remove from old parent's list and insert into new parent's list. */
-       list_del_init(&sd->s_sibling);
+       sysfs_unlink_sibling(sd);
        sysfs_get(new_parent_sd);
        sysfs_put(sd->s_parent);
        sd->s_parent = new_parent_sd;
-       list_add(&sd->s_sibling, &new_parent_sd->s_children);
+       sysfs_link_sibling(sd);
 
 out:
        mutex_unlock(&new_parent_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
        struct sysfs_dirent * cursor = file->private_data;
 
        mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
-       list_del_init(&cursor->s_sibling);
+       sysfs_unlink_sibling(cursor);
        mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
        release_sysfs_dirent(cursor);
        struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_path.dentry;
        struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
        struct sysfs_dirent *cursor = filp->private_data;
-       struct list_head *p, *q = &cursor->s_sibling;
+       struct sysfs_dirent **pos;
        ino_t ino;
        int i = filp->f_pos;
 
                        i++;
                        /* fallthrough */
                default:
+                       pos = &parent_sd->s_children;
+                       while (*pos != cursor)
+                               pos = &(*pos)->s_sibling;
+
+                       /* unlink cursor */
+                       *pos = cursor->s_sibling;
+
                        if (filp->f_pos == 2)
-                               list_move(q, &parent_sd->s_children);
+                               pos = &parent_sd->s_children;
 
-                       for (p=q->next; p!= &parent_sd->s_children; p=p->next) {
-                               struct sysfs_dirent *next;
+                       for ( ; *pos; pos = &(*pos)->s_sibling) {
+                               struct sysfs_dirent *next = *pos;
                                const char * name;
                                int len;
 
-                               next = list_entry(p, struct sysfs_dirent,
-                                                  s_sibling);
                                if (!next->s_type)
                                        continue;
 
 
                                if (filldir(dirent, name, len, filp->f_pos, ino,
                                                 dt_type(next)) < 0)
-                                       return 0;
+                                       break;
 
-                               list_move(q, p);
-                               p = q;
                                filp->f_pos++;
                        }
+
+                       /* put cursor back in */
+                       cursor->s_sibling = *pos;
+                       *pos = cursor;
        }
        return 0;
 }
                if (file->f_pos >= 2) {
                        struct sysfs_dirent *sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
                        struct sysfs_dirent *cursor = file->private_data;
-                       struct list_head *p;
+                       struct sysfs_dirent **pos;
                        loff_t n = file->f_pos - 2;
 
-                       list_del(&cursor->s_sibling);
-                       p = sd->s_children.next;
-                       while (n && p != &sd->s_children) {
-                               struct sysfs_dirent *next;
-                               next = list_entry(p, struct sysfs_dirent,
-                                                  s_sibling);
+                       sysfs_unlink_sibling(cursor);
+
+                       pos = &sd->s_children;
+                       while (n && *pos) {
+                               struct sysfs_dirent *next = *pos;
                                if (next->s_type)
                                        n--;
-                               p = p->next;
+                               pos = &(*pos)->s_sibling;
                        }
-                       list_add_tail(&cursor->s_sibling, p);
+
+                       cursor->s_sibling = *pos;
+                       *pos = cursor;
                }
        }
        mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);