diff --git a/net/core/net_namespace.c b/net/core/net_namespace.c
index 81d3a9a08453..05e949d48204 100644
--- a/net/core/net_namespace.c
+++ b/net/core/net_namespace.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ static void cleanup_net(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	const struct pernet_operations *ops;
 	struct net *net, *tmp;
-	LIST_HEAD(net_kill_list);
+	struct list_head net_kill_list;
 	LIST_HEAD(net_exit_list);
 
 	/* Atomically snapshot the list of namespaces to cleanup */