static int ttm_bo_delayed_delete(struct ttm_bo_device *bdev, bool remove_all)
 {
        struct ttm_bo_global *glob = bdev->glob;
-       struct ttm_buffer_object *entry, *nentry;
-       struct list_head *list, *next;
-       int ret;
+       struct ttm_buffer_object *entry = NULL;
+       int ret = 0;
 
        spin_lock(&glob->lru_lock);
-       list_for_each_safe(list, next, &bdev->ddestroy) {
-               entry = list_entry(list, struct ttm_buffer_object, ddestroy);
-               nentry = NULL;
+       if (list_empty(&bdev->ddestroy))
+               goto out_unlock;
 
-               /*
-                * Protect the next list entry from destruction while we
-                * unlock the lru_lock.
-                */
+       entry = list_first_entry(&bdev->ddestroy,
+               struct ttm_buffer_object, ddestroy);
+       kref_get(&entry->list_kref);
+
+       for (;;) {
+               struct ttm_buffer_object *nentry = NULL;
 
-               if (next != &bdev->ddestroy) {
-                       nentry = list_entry(next, struct ttm_buffer_object,
-                                           ddestroy);
+               if (entry->ddestroy.next != &bdev->ddestroy) {
+                       nentry = list_first_entry(&entry->ddestroy,
+                               struct ttm_buffer_object, ddestroy);
                        kref_get(&nentry->list_kref);
                }
-               kref_get(&entry->list_kref);
 
                spin_unlock(&glob->lru_lock);
                ret = ttm_bo_cleanup_refs(entry, remove_all);
                kref_put(&entry->list_kref, ttm_bo_release_list);
+               entry = nentry;
+
+               if (ret || !entry)
+                       goto out;
 
                spin_lock(&glob->lru_lock);
-               if (nentry) {
-                       bool next_onlist = !list_empty(next);
-                       spin_unlock(&glob->lru_lock);
-                       kref_put(&nentry->list_kref, ttm_bo_release_list);
-                       spin_lock(&glob->lru_lock);
-                       /*
-                        * Someone might have raced us and removed the
-                        * next entry from the list. We don't bother restarting
-                        * list traversal.
-                        */
-
-                       if (!next_onlist)
-                               break;
-               }
-               if (ret)
+               if (list_empty(&entry->ddestroy))
                        break;
        }
-       ret = !list_empty(&bdev->ddestroy);
-       spin_unlock(&glob->lru_lock);
 
+out_unlock:
+       spin_unlock(&glob->lru_lock);
+out:
+       if (entry)
+               kref_put(&entry->list_kref, ttm_bo_release_list);
        return ret;
 }