diff --git a/net/rds/message.c b/net/rds/message.c
index 44dbc612ef54..9402bc941823 100644
--- a/net/rds/message.c
+++ b/net/rds/message.c
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ static void rds_rm_zerocopy_callback(struct rds_sock *rs,
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&q->lock, flags);
 	head = &q->zcookie_head;
 	if (!list_empty(head)) {
-		info = list_entry(head, struct rds_msg_zcopy_info,
-				  rs_zcookie_next);
-		if (info && rds_zcookie_add(info, cookie)) {
+		info = list_first_entry(head, struct rds_msg_zcopy_info,
+					rs_zcookie_next);
+		if (rds_zcookie_add(info, cookie)) {
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&q->lock, flags);
 			kfree(rds_info_from_znotifier(znotif));
 			/* caller invokes rds_wake_sk_sleep() */