diff --git a/virt/kvm/eventfd.c b/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
index 4d47fffe03d9df5cc33c713b64e556b443c9fb11..89912a17f5d576da3a06d0020ff1ed2e2c6bee3d 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ static int
 kvm_deassign_ioeventfd_idx(struct kvm *kvm, enum kvm_bus bus_idx,
 			   struct kvm_ioeventfd *args)
 {
-	struct _ioeventfd        *p, *tmp;
+	struct _ioeventfd        *p;
 	struct eventfd_ctx       *eventfd;
 	struct kvm_io_bus	 *bus;
 	int                       ret = -ENOENT;
@@ -915,8 +915,7 @@ kvm_deassign_ioeventfd_idx(struct kvm *kvm, enum kvm_bus bus_idx,
 
 	mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock);
 
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(p, tmp, &kvm->ioeventfds, list) {
-
+	list_for_each_entry(p, &kvm->ioeventfds, list) {
 		if (p->bus_idx != bus_idx ||
 		    p->eventfd != eventfd  ||
 		    p->addr != args->addr  ||