return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
-static void smap_list_remove(struct smap_psock *psock,
-                            struct sock **entry,
-                            struct htab_elem *hash_link)
+static void smap_list_map_remove(struct smap_psock *psock,
+                                struct sock **entry)
 {
        struct smap_psock_map_entry *e, *tmp;
 
        list_for_each_entry_safe(e, tmp, &psock->maps, list) {
-               if (e->entry == entry || e->hash_link == hash_link) {
+               if (e->entry == entry)
+                       list_del(&e->list);
+       }
+}
+
+static void smap_list_hash_remove(struct smap_psock *psock,
+                                 struct htab_elem *hash_link)
+{
+       struct smap_psock_map_entry *e, *tmp;
+
+       list_for_each_entry_safe(e, tmp, &psock->maps, list) {
+               struct htab_elem *c = e->hash_link;
+
+               if (c == hash_link)
                        list_del(&e->list);
-                       break;
-               }
        }
 }
 
                 * to be null and queued for garbage collection.
                 */
                if (likely(psock)) {
-                       smap_list_remove(psock, &stab->sock_map[i], NULL);
+                       smap_list_map_remove(psock, &stab->sock_map[i]);
                        smap_release_sock(psock, sock);
                }
                write_unlock_bh(&sock->sk_callback_lock);
 
        if (psock->bpf_parse)
                smap_stop_sock(psock, sock);
-       smap_list_remove(psock, &stab->sock_map[k], NULL);
+       smap_list_map_remove(psock, &stab->sock_map[k]);
        smap_release_sock(psock, sock);
 out:
        write_unlock_bh(&sock->sk_callback_lock);
                struct smap_psock *opsock = smap_psock_sk(osock);
 
                write_lock_bh(&osock->sk_callback_lock);
-               smap_list_remove(opsock, &stab->sock_map[i], NULL);
+               smap_list_map_remove(opsock, &stab->sock_map[i]);
                smap_release_sock(opsock, osock);
                write_unlock_bh(&osock->sk_callback_lock);
        }
                         * (psock) to be null and queued for garbage collection.
                         */
                        if (likely(psock)) {
-                               smap_list_remove(psock, NULL, l);
+                               smap_list_hash_remove(psock, l);
                                smap_release_sock(psock, sock);
                        }
                        write_unlock_bh(&sock->sk_callback_lock);
                psock = smap_psock_sk(l_old->sk);
 
                hlist_del_rcu(&l_old->hash_node);
-               smap_list_remove(psock, NULL, l_old);
+               smap_list_hash_remove(psock, l_old);
                smap_release_sock(psock, l_old->sk);
                free_htab_elem(htab, l_old);
        }
                 * to be null and queued for garbage collection.
                 */
                if (likely(psock)) {
-                       smap_list_remove(psock, NULL, l);
+                       smap_list_hash_remove(psock, l);
                        smap_release_sock(psock, sock);
                }
                write_unlock_bh(&sock->sk_callback_lock);