diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 0d06a345a74a..596cbd14d977 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 75c1be487a690db43da2c1234fcacd84c982803c
+refs/heads/master: 8778abb9a88fc4a74d8776ffaadf7214cf33c61e
diff --git a/trunk/fs/notify/mark.c b/trunk/fs/notify/mark.c
index 41f3990f900b..236f29b066ed 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/notify/mark.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/notify/mark.c
@@ -349,10 +349,8 @@ static int fsnotify_mark_destroy(void *ignored)
 
 	for (;;) {
 		spin_lock(&destroy_lock);
-		list_for_each_entry_safe(mark, next, &destroy_list, destroy_list) {
-			list_del(&mark->destroy_list);
-			list_add(&mark->destroy_list, &private_destroy_list);
-		}
+		/* exchange the list head */
+		list_replace_init(&destroy_list, &private_destroy_list);
 		spin_unlock(&destroy_lock);
 
 		synchronize_srcu(&fsnotify_mark_srcu);