diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c b/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c
index bec7b281b5ba..b819d6b847d0 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c
@@ -203,23 +203,17 @@ void mesh_path_assign_nexthop(struct mesh_path *mpath, struct sta_info *sta)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr;
-	struct sk_buff_head tmpq;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	rcu_assign_pointer(mpath->next_hop, sta);
 
-	__skb_queue_head_init(&tmpq);
-
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&mpath->frame_queue.lock, flags);
-
-	while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(&mpath->frame_queue)) != NULL) {
+	skb_queue_walk(&mpath->frame_queue, skb) {
 		hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *) skb->data;
 		memcpy(hdr->addr1, sta->sta.addr, ETH_ALEN);
 		memcpy(hdr->addr2, mpath->sdata->vif.addr, ETH_ALEN);
-		__skb_queue_tail(&tmpq, skb);
 	}
 
-	skb_queue_splice(&tmpq, &mpath->frame_queue);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mpath->frame_queue.lock, flags);
 }