diff --git a/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_wimax.c b/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_wimax.c
index 9cab54bfa6f4..32fe93bcb0e6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_wimax.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_wimax.c
@@ -129,11 +129,11 @@ static void __gdm_wimax_event_send(struct work_struct *work)
 	int idx;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	struct evt_entry *e;
+	struct evt_entry *tmp;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&wm_event.evt_lock, flags);
 
-	while (!list_empty(&wm_event.evtq)) {
-		e = list_entry(wm_event.evtq.next, struct evt_entry, list);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(e, tmp, &wm_event.evtq, list) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&wm_event.evt_lock, flags);
 
 		if (sscanf(e->dev->name, "wm%d", &idx) == 1)