diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
index f344c1d65d2c3..c9b3224ef9367 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
@@ -1669,33 +1669,32 @@ static unsigned int __wait_discard_cmd_range(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 	struct discard_cmd_control *dcc = SM_I(sbi)->dcc_info;
 	struct list_head *wait_list = (dpolicy->type == DPOLICY_FSTRIM) ?
 					&(dcc->fstrim_list) : &(dcc->wait_list);
-	struct discard_cmd *dc, *tmp;
-	bool need_wait;
+	struct discard_cmd *dc = NULL, *iter, *tmp;
 	unsigned int trimmed = 0;
 
 next:
-	need_wait = false;
+	dc = NULL;
 
 	mutex_lock(&dcc->cmd_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(dc, tmp, wait_list, list) {
-		if (dc->lstart + dc->len <= start || end <= dc->lstart)
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(iter, tmp, wait_list, list) {
+		if (iter->lstart + iter->len <= start || end <= iter->lstart)
 			continue;
-		if (dc->len < dpolicy->granularity)
+		if (iter->len < dpolicy->granularity)
 			continue;
-		if (dc->state == D_DONE && !dc->ref) {
-			wait_for_completion_io(&dc->wait);
-			if (!dc->error)
-				trimmed += dc->len;
-			__remove_discard_cmd(sbi, dc);
+		if (iter->state == D_DONE && !iter->ref) {
+			wait_for_completion_io(&iter->wait);
+			if (!iter->error)
+				trimmed += iter->len;
+			__remove_discard_cmd(sbi, iter);
 		} else {
-			dc->ref++;
-			need_wait = true;
+			iter->ref++;
+			dc = iter;
 			break;
 		}
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&dcc->cmd_lock);
 
-	if (need_wait) {
+	if (dc) {
 		trimmed += __wait_one_discard_bio(sbi, dc);
 		goto next;
 	}