*/
 static void link_prepare_wakeup(struct tipc_link *link)
 {
-       struct sk_buff_head *wq = &link->waiting_sks;
-       struct sk_buff *buf;
        uint pend_qsz = link->out_queue_size;
+       struct sk_buff *skb, *tmp;
 
-       for (buf = skb_peek(wq); buf; buf = skb_peek(wq)) {
-               if (pend_qsz >= link->queue_limit[TIPC_SKB_CB(buf)->chain_imp])
+       skb_queue_walk_safe(&link->waiting_sks, skb, tmp) {
+               if (pend_qsz >= link->queue_limit[TIPC_SKB_CB(skb)->chain_imp])
                        break;
-               pend_qsz += TIPC_SKB_CB(buf)->chain_sz;
-               __skb_queue_tail(&link->owner->waiting_sks, __skb_dequeue(wq));
+               pend_qsz += TIPC_SKB_CB(skb)->chain_sz;
+               __skb_unlink(skb, &link->waiting_sks);
+               __skb_queue_tail(&link->owner->waiting_sks, skb);
        }
 }