diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c
index c433e72994f5..53d69d7d9ad4 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c
@@ -1392,7 +1392,7 @@ static void ipoib_cm_tx_reap(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	while (!list_empty(&priv->cm.reap_list)) {
 		p = list_entry(priv->cm.reap_list.next, typeof(*p), list);
-		list_del(&p->list);
+		list_del_init(&p->list);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
 		netif_tx_unlock_bh(dev);
 		ipoib_cm_tx_destroy(p);