diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
index 354d89c78377..15da16861fa3 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
@@ -772,8 +772,6 @@ RCU pointer/list traversal:
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu
 	list_for_each_continue_rcu	(to be deprecated in favor of new
 					 list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu)
-	hlist_for_each_rcu		(to be deprecated in favor of
-					 hlist_for_each_entry_rcu)
 	hlist_for_each_entry_rcu
 
 RCU pointer update:
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index e90512ed35a4..17e439138681 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ void shrink_dcache_parent(struct dentry * parent)
  *
  * Prune the dentries that are anonymous
  *
- * parsing d_hash list does not hlist_for_each_rcu() as it
+ * parsing d_hash list does not hlist_for_each_entry_rcu() as it
  * done under dcache_lock.
  *
  */
@@ -1043,15 +1043,13 @@ struct dentry * __d_lookup(struct dentry * parent, struct qstr * name)
 	struct hlist_head *head = d_hash(parent,hash);
 	struct dentry *found = NULL;
 	struct hlist_node *node;
+	struct dentry *dentry;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	
-	hlist_for_each_rcu(node, head) {
-		struct dentry *dentry; 
+	hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(dentry, node, head, d_hash) {
 		struct qstr *qstr;
 
-		dentry = hlist_entry(node, struct dentry, d_hash);
-
 		if (dentry->d_name.hash != hash)
 			continue;
 		if (dentry->d_parent != parent)
@@ -1123,7 +1121,7 @@ int d_validate(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *dparent)
 	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 	base = d_hash(dparent, dentry->d_name.hash);
 	hlist_for_each(lhp,base) { 
-		/* hlist_for_each_rcu() not required for d_hash list
+		/* hlist_for_each_entry_rcu() not required for d_hash list
 		 * as it is parsed under dcache_lock
 		 */
 		if (dentry == hlist_entry(lhp, struct dentry, d_hash)) {
diff --git a/include/linux/list.h b/include/linux/list.h
index 084971f333fe..fbfca73355a3 100644
--- a/include/linux/list.h
+++ b/include/linux/list.h
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ static inline void hlist_add_head(struct hlist_node *n, struct hlist_head *h)
  * or hlist_del_rcu(), running on this same list.
  * However, it is perfectly legal to run concurrently with
  * the _rcu list-traversal primitives, such as
- * hlist_for_each_rcu(), used to prevent memory-consistency
+ * hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(), used to prevent memory-consistency
  * problems on Alpha CPUs.  Regardless of the type of CPU, the
  * list-traversal primitive must be guarded by rcu_read_lock().
  */
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ static inline void hlist_add_after(struct hlist_node *n,
  * or hlist_del_rcu(), running on this same list.
  * However, it is perfectly legal to run concurrently with
  * the _rcu list-traversal primitives, such as
- * hlist_for_each_rcu(), used to prevent memory-consistency
+ * hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(), used to prevent memory-consistency
  * problems on Alpha CPUs.
  */
 static inline void hlist_add_before_rcu(struct hlist_node *n,
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ static inline void hlist_add_before_rcu(struct hlist_node *n,
  * or hlist_del_rcu(), running on this same list.
  * However, it is perfectly legal to run concurrently with
  * the _rcu list-traversal primitives, such as
- * hlist_for_each_rcu(), used to prevent memory-consistency
+ * hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(), used to prevent memory-consistency
  * problems on Alpha CPUs.
  */
 static inline void hlist_add_after_rcu(struct hlist_node *prev,
@@ -699,11 +699,6 @@ static inline void hlist_add_after_rcu(struct hlist_node *prev,
 	for (pos = (head)->first; pos && ({ n = pos->next; 1; }); \
 	     pos = n)
 
-#define hlist_for_each_rcu(pos, head) \
-	for ((pos) = (head)->first; \
-		rcu_dereference((pos)) && ({ prefetch((pos)->next); 1; }); \
-		(pos) = (pos)->next)
-
 /**
  * hlist_for_each_entry	- iterate over list of given type
  * @tpos:	the type * to use as a loop counter.
@@ -756,7 +751,7 @@ static inline void hlist_add_after_rcu(struct hlist_node *prev,
 
 /**
  * hlist_for_each_entry_rcu - iterate over rcu list of given type
- * @pos:	the type * to use as a loop counter.
+ * @tpos:	the type * to use as a loop counter.
  * @pos:	the &struct hlist_node to use as a loop counter.
  * @head:	the head for your list.
  * @member:	the name of the hlist_node within the struct.