{
        unsigned long flags;
        struct pqi_scsi_dev *device;
-       struct pqi_scsi_dev *next;
 
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&ctrl_info->scsi_device_list_lock, flags);
+       while (1) {
+               spin_lock_irqsave(&ctrl_info->scsi_device_list_lock, flags);
+
+               device = list_first_entry_or_null(&ctrl_info->scsi_device_list,
+                       struct pqi_scsi_dev, scsi_device_list_entry);
+               if (device)
+                       list_del(&device->scsi_device_list_entry);
+
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctrl_info->scsi_device_list_lock,
+                       flags);
+
+               if (!device)
+                       break;
 
-       list_for_each_entry_safe(device, next, &ctrl_info->scsi_device_list,
-               scsi_device_list_entry) {
                if (device->sdev)
                        pqi_remove_device(ctrl_info, device);
-               list_del(&device->scsi_device_list_entry);
                pqi_free_device(device);
        }
-
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctrl_info->scsi_device_list_lock, flags);
 }
 
 static int pqi_scan_scsi_devices(struct pqi_ctrl_info *ctrl_info)