}
 }
 
+/**
+ * dev_whitelist_clean - frees all entries of the whitelist
+ * @dev_cgroup: dev_cgroup with the whitelist to be cleaned
+ *
+ * called under devcgroup_mutex
+ */
+static void dev_whitelist_clean(struct dev_cgroup *dev_cgroup)
+{
+       struct dev_whitelist_item *wh, *tmp;
+
+       list_for_each_entry_safe(wh, tmp, &dev_cgroup->whitelist, list) {
+               list_del(&wh->list);
+               kfree(wh);
+       }
+}
+
 /*
  * called from kernel/cgroup.c with cgroup_lock() held.
  */
 static void devcgroup_destroy(struct cgroup *cgroup)
 {
        struct dev_cgroup *dev_cgroup;
-       struct dev_whitelist_item *wh, *tmp;
 
        dev_cgroup = cgroup_to_devcgroup(cgroup);
-       list_for_each_entry_safe(wh, tmp, &dev_cgroup->whitelist, list) {
-               list_del(&wh->list);
-               kfree(wh);
-       }
+       dev_whitelist_clean(dev_cgroup);
        kfree(dev_cgroup);
 }