diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index ab39fe1..195a5e9 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2980,7 +2980,7 @@
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(net_todo_run_mutex);
 void netdev_run_todo(void)
 {
-	struct list_head list = LIST_HEAD_INIT(list);
+	struct list_head list;
 
 	/* Need to guard against multiple cpu's getting out of order. */
 	mutex_lock(&net_todo_run_mutex);
@@ -2995,9 +2995,9 @@
 
 	/* Snapshot list, allow later requests */
 	spin_lock(&net_todo_list_lock);
-	list_splice_init(&net_todo_list, &list);
+	list_replace_init(&net_todo_list, &list);
 	spin_unlock(&net_todo_list_lock);
-		
+
 	while (!list_empty(&list)) {
 		struct net_device *dev
 			= list_entry(list.next, struct net_device, todo_list);
diff --git a/net/core/link_watch.c b/net/core/link_watch.c
index 646937c..0f37266 100644
--- a/net/core/link_watch.c
+++ b/net/core/link_watch.c
@@ -91,11 +91,10 @@
 /* Must be called with the rtnl semaphore held */
 void linkwatch_run_queue(void)
 {
-	LIST_HEAD(head);
-	struct list_head *n, *next;
+	struct list_head head, *n, *next;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&lweventlist_lock);
-	list_splice_init(&lweventlist, &head);
+	list_replace_init(&lweventlist, &head);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&lweventlist_lock);
 
 	list_for_each_safe(n, next, &head) {