diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index 799176d3f5f7..208a0f85ef54 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ static void kill_procs(struct list_head *to_kill, int forcekill, bool fail,
 {
 	struct to_kill *tk, *next;
 
-	list_for_each_entry_safe (tk, next, to_kill, nd) {
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(tk, next, to_kill, nd) {
 		if (forcekill) {
 			/*
 			 * In case something went wrong with munmapping
@@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ static void kill_procs(struct list_head *to_kill, int forcekill, bool fail,
 				pr_err("%#lx: Cannot send advisory machine check signal to %s:%d\n",
 				       pfn, tk->tsk->comm, tk->tsk->pid);
 		}
+		list_del(&tk->nd);
 		put_task_struct(tk->tsk);
 		kfree(tk);
 	}