spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->driver_lock, flags);
 
        if (addtail) {
-               list_add_tail((struct list_head *)cmdnode,
-                             &adapter->cmdpendingq);
+               list_add_tail(&cmdnode->list, &adapter->cmdpendingq);
                adapter->nr_cmd_pending++;
        } else
-               list_add((struct list_head *)cmdnode, &adapter->cmdpendingq);
+               list_add(&cmdnode->list, &adapter->cmdpendingq);
 
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->driver_lock, flags);
 
                return;
 
        cleanup_cmdnode(ptempcmd);
-       list_add_tail((struct list_head *)ptempcmd, &adapter->cmdfreeq);
+       list_add_tail(&ptempcmd->list, &adapter->cmdfreeq);
 }
 
 static void lbs_cleanup_and_insert_cmd(struct lbs_private *priv,
        spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->driver_lock, flags);
 
        if (!list_empty(&adapter->cmdfreeq)) {
-               tempnode = (struct cmd_ctrl_node *)adapter->cmdfreeq.next;
-               list_del((struct list_head *)tempnode);
+               tempnode = list_first_entry(&adapter->cmdfreeq,
+                                           struct cmd_ctrl_node, list);
+               list_del(&tempnode->list);
        } else {
                lbs_deb_host("GET_CMD_NODE: cmd_ctrl_node is not available\n");
                tempnode = NULL;
        }
 
        if (!list_empty(&adapter->cmdpendingq)) {
-               cmdnode = (struct cmd_ctrl_node *)
-                   adapter->cmdpendingq.next;
+               cmdnode = list_first_entry(&adapter->cmdpendingq,
+                                          struct cmd_ctrl_node, list);
        }
 
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->driver_lock, flags);
                                    cpu_to_le16(CMD_SUBCMD_EXIT_PS)) {
                                        lbs_deb_host(
                                               "EXEC_NEXT_CMD: ignore ENTER_PS cmd\n");
-                                       list_del((struct list_head *)cmdnode);
+                                       list_del(&cmdnode->list);
                                        lbs_cleanup_and_insert_cmd(priv, cmdnode);
 
                                        ret = 0;
                                    (adapter->psstate == PS_STATE_PRE_SLEEP)) {
                                        lbs_deb_host(
                                               "EXEC_NEXT_CMD: ignore EXIT_PS cmd in sleep\n");
-                                       list_del((struct list_head *)cmdnode);
+                                       list_del(&cmdnode->list);
                                        lbs_cleanup_and_insert_cmd(priv, cmdnode);
                                        adapter->needtowakeup = 1;
 
                                       "EXEC_NEXT_CMD: sending EXIT_PS\n");
                        }
                }
-               list_del((struct list_head *)cmdnode);
+               list_del(&cmdnode->list);
                lbs_deb_host("EXEC_NEXT_CMD: sending command 0x%04x\n",
                            le16_to_cpu(cmdptr->command));
                DownloadcommandToStation(priv, cmdnode);