diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index ed3705e4b83f..520a75980269 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -505,6 +505,7 @@ static void __purge_vmap_area_lazy(unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end,
 	static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(purge_lock);
 	LIST_HEAD(valist);
 	struct vmap_area *va;
+	struct vmap_area *n_va;
 	int nr = 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -544,7 +545,7 @@ static void __purge_vmap_area_lazy(unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end,
 
 	if (nr) {
 		spin_lock(&vmap_area_lock);
-		list_for_each_entry(va, &valist, purge_list)
+		list_for_each_entry_safe(va, n_va, &valist, purge_list)
 			__free_vmap_area(va);
 		spin_unlock(&vmap_area_lock);
 	}