diff --git a/net/tipc/socket.c b/net/tipc/socket.c
index ebd300c26a44..75b99b7eda22 100644
--- a/net/tipc/socket.c
+++ b/net/tipc/socket.c
@@ -2652,7 +2652,7 @@ static int tipc_listen(struct socket *sock, int len)
 static int tipc_wait_for_accept(struct socket *sock, long timeo)
 {
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
-	DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
+	DEFINE_WAIT_FUNC(wait, woken_wake_function);
 	int err;
 
 	/* True wake-one mechanism for incoming connections: only
@@ -2661,12 +2661,12 @@ static int tipc_wait_for_accept(struct socket *sock, long timeo)
 	 * anymore, the common case will execute the loop only once.
 	*/
 	for (;;) {
-		prepare_to_wait_exclusive(sk_sleep(sk), &wait,
-					  TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 		if (timeo && skb_queue_empty(&sk->sk_receive_queue)) {
+			add_wait_queue(sk_sleep(sk), &wait);
 			release_sock(sk);
-			timeo = schedule_timeout(timeo);
+			timeo = wait_woken(&wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, timeo);
 			lock_sock(sk);
+			remove_wait_queue(sk_sleep(sk), &wait);
 		}
 		err = 0;
 		if (!skb_queue_empty(&sk->sk_receive_queue))
@@ -2678,7 +2678,6 @@ static int tipc_wait_for_accept(struct socket *sock, long timeo)
 		if (signal_pending(current))
 			break;
 	}
-	finish_wait(sk_sleep(sk), &wait);
 	return err;
 }