diff --git a/ipc/sem.c b/ipc/sem.c
index d5ce400..3ca2327 100644
--- a/ipc/sem.c
+++ b/ipc/sem.c
@@ -272,8 +272,7 @@
 	ns->used_sems += nsems;
 
 	sma->sem_base = (struct sem *) &sma[1];
-	/* sma->sem_pending = NULL; */
-	sma->sem_pending_last = &sma->sem_pending;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sma->sem_pending);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sma->list_id);
 	sma->sem_nsems = nsems;
 	sma->sem_ctime = get_seconds();
@@ -331,38 +330,6 @@
 	return ipcget(ns, &sem_ids(ns), &sem_ops, &sem_params);
 }
 
-/* Manage the doubly linked list sma->sem_pending as a FIFO:
- * insert new queue elements at the tail sma->sem_pending_last.
- */
-static inline void append_to_queue (struct sem_array * sma,
-				    struct sem_queue * q)
-{
-	*(q->prev = sma->sem_pending_last) = q;
-	*(sma->sem_pending_last = &q->next) = NULL;
-}
-
-static inline void prepend_to_queue (struct sem_array * sma,
-				     struct sem_queue * q)
-{
-	q->next = sma->sem_pending;
-	*(q->prev = &sma->sem_pending) = q;
-	if (q->next)
-		q->next->prev = &q->next;
-	else /* sma->sem_pending_last == &sma->sem_pending */
-		sma->sem_pending_last = &q->next;
-}
-
-static inline void remove_from_queue (struct sem_array * sma,
-				      struct sem_queue * q)
-{
-	*(q->prev) = q->next;
-	if (q->next)
-		q->next->prev = q->prev;
-	else /* sma->sem_pending_last == &q->next */
-		sma->sem_pending_last = q->prev;
-	q->prev = NULL; /* mark as removed */
-}
-
 /*
  * Determine whether a sequence of semaphore operations would succeed
  * all at once. Return 0 if yes, 1 if need to sleep, else return error code.
@@ -438,16 +405,15 @@
 	int error;
 	struct sem_queue * q;
 
-	q = sma->sem_pending;
-	while(q) {
+	q = list_entry(sma->sem_pending.next, struct sem_queue, list);
+	while (&q->list != &sma->sem_pending) {
 		error = try_atomic_semop(sma, q->sops, q->nsops,
 					 q->undo, q->pid);
 
 		/* Does q->sleeper still need to sleep? */
 		if (error <= 0) {
 			struct sem_queue *n;
-			remove_from_queue(sma,q);
-			q->status = IN_WAKEUP;
+
 			/*
 			 * Continue scanning. The next operation
 			 * that must be checked depends on the type of the
@@ -458,11 +424,26 @@
 			 *   for semaphore values to become 0.
 			 * - if the operation didn't modify the array,
 			 *   then just continue.
+			 * The order of list_del() and reading ->next
+			 * is crucial: In the former case, the list_del()
+			 * must be done first [because we might be the
+			 * first entry in ->sem_pending], in the latter
+			 * case the list_del() must be done last
+			 * [because the list is invalid after the list_del()]
 			 */
-			if (q->alter)
-				n = sma->sem_pending;
-			else
-				n = q->next;
+			if (q->alter) {
+				list_del(&q->list);
+				n = list_entry(sma->sem_pending.next,
+						struct sem_queue, list);
+			} else {
+				n = list_entry(q->list.next, struct sem_queue,
+						list);
+				list_del(&q->list);
+			}
+
+			/* wake up the waiting thread */
+			q->status = IN_WAKEUP;
+
 			wake_up_process(q->sleeper);
 			/* hands-off: q will disappear immediately after
 			 * writing q->status.
@@ -471,7 +452,7 @@
 			q->status = error;
 			q = n;
 		} else {
-			q = q->next;
+			q = list_entry(q->list.next, struct sem_queue, list);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -491,7 +472,7 @@
 	struct sem_queue * q;
 
 	semncnt = 0;
-	for (q = sma->sem_pending; q; q = q->next) {
+	list_for_each_entry(q, &sma->sem_pending, list) {
 		struct sembuf * sops = q->sops;
 		int nsops = q->nsops;
 		int i;
@@ -503,13 +484,14 @@
 	}
 	return semncnt;
 }
+
 static int count_semzcnt (struct sem_array * sma, ushort semnum)
 {
 	int semzcnt;
 	struct sem_queue * q;
 
 	semzcnt = 0;
-	for (q = sma->sem_pending; q; q = q->next) {
+	list_for_each_entry(q, &sma->sem_pending, list) {
 		struct sembuf * sops = q->sops;
 		int nsops = q->nsops;
 		int i;
@@ -529,7 +511,7 @@
 static void freeary(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct kern_ipc_perm *ipcp)
 {
 	struct sem_undo *un;
-	struct sem_queue *q;
+	struct sem_queue *q, *t;
 	struct sem_array *sma = container_of(ipcp, struct sem_array, sem_perm);
 
 	/* Invalidate the existing undo structures for this semaphore set.
@@ -541,17 +523,14 @@
 		un->semid = -1;
 
 	/* Wake up all pending processes and let them fail with EIDRM. */
-	q = sma->sem_pending;
-	while(q) {
-		struct sem_queue *n;
-		/* lazy remove_from_queue: we are killing the whole queue */
-		q->prev = NULL;
-		n = q->next;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(q, t, &sma->sem_pending, list) {
+		list_del(&q->list);
+
 		q->status = IN_WAKEUP;
 		wake_up_process(q->sleeper); /* doesn't sleep */
 		smp_wmb();
 		q->status = -EIDRM;	/* hands-off q */
-		q = n;
 	}
 
 	/* Remove the semaphore set from the IDR */
@@ -1166,9 +1145,9 @@
 	queue.pid = task_tgid_vnr(current);
 	queue.alter = alter;
 	if (alter)
-		append_to_queue(sma ,&queue);
+		list_add_tail(&queue.list, &sma->sem_pending);
 	else
-		prepend_to_queue(sma ,&queue);
+		list_add(&queue.list, &sma->sem_pending);
 
 	queue.status = -EINTR;
 	queue.sleeper = current;
@@ -1194,7 +1173,6 @@
 
 	sma = sem_lock(ns, semid);
 	if (IS_ERR(sma)) {
-		BUG_ON(queue.prev != NULL);
 		error = -EIDRM;
 		goto out_free;
 	}
@@ -1212,7 +1190,7 @@
 	 */
 	if (timeout && jiffies_left == 0)
 		error = -EAGAIN;
-	remove_from_queue(sma,&queue);
+	list_del(&queue.list);
 	goto out_unlock_free;
 
 out_unlock_free: