diff --git a/arch/i386/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/i386/mm/pageattr.c
index 92c3d9f0e731..0887b34bc59b 100644
--- a/arch/i386/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/i386/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -209,19 +209,19 @@ int change_page_attr(struct page *page, int numpages, pgprot_t prot)
 }
 
 void global_flush_tlb(void)
-{ 
-	LIST_HEAD(l);
+{
+	struct list_head l;
 	struct page *pg, *next;
 
 	BUG_ON(irqs_disabled());
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&cpa_lock);
-	list_splice_init(&df_list, &l);
+	list_replace_init(&df_list, &l);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&cpa_lock);
 	flush_map();
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(pg, next, &l, lru)
 		__free_page(pg);
-} 
+}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
 void kernel_map_pages(struct page *page, int numpages, int enable)
diff --git a/block/ll_rw_blk.c b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
index 7eb36c53f4b7..465b54312c59 100644
--- a/block/ll_rw_blk.c
+++ b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
@@ -3359,12 +3359,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(end_that_request_chunk);
  */
 static void blk_done_softirq(struct softirq_action *h)
 {
-	struct list_head *cpu_list;
-	LIST_HEAD(local_list);
+	struct list_head *cpu_list, local_list;
 
 	local_irq_disable();
 	cpu_list = &__get_cpu_var(blk_cpu_done);
-	list_splice_init(cpu_list, &local_list);
+	list_replace_init(cpu_list, &local_list);
 	local_irq_enable();
 
 	while (!list_empty(&local_list)) {
diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index e41e932ba489..8c34a62df7d7 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -777,11 +777,11 @@ out:
 static int __aio_run_iocbs(struct kioctx *ctx)
 {
 	struct kiocb *iocb;
-	LIST_HEAD(run_list);
+	struct list_head run_list;
 
 	assert_spin_locked(&ctx->ctx_lock);
 
-	list_splice_init(&ctx->run_list, &run_list);
+	list_replace_init(&ctx->run_list, &run_list);
 	while (!list_empty(&run_list)) {
 		iocb = list_entry(run_list.next, struct kiocb,
 			ki_run_list);
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 9e49deed468c..3bf0e9ed2dbe 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -419,10 +419,10 @@ static inline void __run_timers(tvec_base_t *base)
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&base->lock);
 	while (time_after_eq(jiffies, base->timer_jiffies)) {
-		struct list_head work_list = LIST_HEAD_INIT(work_list);
+		struct list_head work_list;
 		struct list_head *head = &work_list;
  		int index = base->timer_jiffies & TVR_MASK;
- 
+
 		/*
 		 * Cascade timers:
 		 */
@@ -431,8 +431,8 @@ static inline void __run_timers(tvec_base_t *base)
 				(!cascade(base, &base->tv3, INDEX(1))) &&
 					!cascade(base, &base->tv4, INDEX(2)))
 			cascade(base, &base->tv5, INDEX(3));
-		++base->timer_jiffies; 
-		list_splice_init(base->tv1.vec + index, &work_list);
+		++base->timer_jiffies;
+		list_replace_init(base->tv1.vec + index, &work_list);
 		while (!list_empty(head)) {
 			void (*fn)(unsigned long);
 			unsigned long data;
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 880fb415a8f6..740c5abceb07 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -531,11 +531,11 @@ int current_is_keventd(void)
 static void take_over_work(struct workqueue_struct *wq, unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	struct cpu_workqueue_struct *cwq = per_cpu_ptr(wq->cpu_wq, cpu);
-	LIST_HEAD(list);
+	struct list_head list;
 	struct work_struct *work;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&cwq->lock);
-	list_splice_init(&cwq->worklist, &list);
+	list_replace_init(&cwq->worklist, &list);
 
 	while (!list_empty(&list)) {
 		printk("Taking work for %s\n", wq->name);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index ab39fe17cb58..195a5e96b2d1 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2980,7 +2980,7 @@ static void netdev_wait_allrefs(struct net_device *dev)
 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 @@ void netdev_run_todo(void)
 
 	/* 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 646937cc2d84..0f37266411b5 100644
--- a/net/core/link_watch.c
+++ b/net/core/link_watch.c
@@ -91,11 +91,10 @@ static void rfc2863_policy(struct net_device *dev)
 /* 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) {