diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index 5185efb9027b7..83ccd0221c983 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ static void call_xpt_users(struct svc_xprt *xprt)
 	spin_lock(&xprt->xpt_lock);
 	while (!list_empty(&xprt->xpt_users)) {
 		u = list_first_entry(&xprt->xpt_users, struct svc_xpt_user, list);
-		list_del(&u->list);
+		list_del_init(&u->list);
 		u->callback(u);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&xprt->xpt_lock);