diff --git a/include/linux/list.h b/include/linux/list.h
index dd6c2041d09c..bab995596aaa 100644
--- a/include/linux/list.h
+++ b/include/linux/list.h
@@ -634,10 +634,10 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
  * @head:	the head for your list.
  * @member:	the name of the list_head within the struct.
  */
-#define list_for_each_entry(pos, head, member)				\
-	for (pos = list_first_entry(head, typeof(*pos), member);	\
-	     !list_entry_is_head(pos, head, member);			\
-	     pos = list_next_entry(pos, member))
+#define list_for_each_entry(pos, head, member)					\
+	for (typeof(pos) __iter = list_first_entry(head, typeof(*pos), member);	\
+	     !list_entry_is_head(__iter, head, member) && (((pos)=__iter),1);	\
+	     __iter = list_next_entry(__iter, member))
 
 /**
  * list_for_each_entry_reverse - iterate backwards over list of given type.