diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c
index 8e0f9256eb58..516d5bbec2b6 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c
@@ -238,9 +238,9 @@ static void set_performant_mode(ctlr_info_t *h, CommandList_struct *c)
 /*
  * Enqueuing and dequeuing functions for cmdlists.
  */
-static inline void addQ(struct hlist_head *list, CommandList_struct *c)
+static inline void addQ(struct list_head *list, CommandList_struct *c)
 {
-	hlist_add_head(&c->list, list);
+	list_add_tail(&c->list, list);
 }
 
 static inline void removeQ(CommandList_struct *c)
@@ -253,12 +253,12 @@ static inline void removeQ(CommandList_struct *c)
 	 * them off as 'stale' to prevent the driver from
 	 * falling over.
 	 */
-	if (WARN_ON(hlist_unhashed(&c->list))) {
+	if (WARN_ON(list_empty(&c->list))) {
 		c->cmd_type = CMD_MSG_STALE;
 		return;
 	}
 
-	hlist_del_init(&c->list);
+	list_del_init(&c->list);
 }
 
 static void enqueue_cmd_and_start_io(ctlr_info_t *h,
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ static CommandList_struct *cmd_alloc(ctlr_info_t *h)
 
 	c->cmdindex = i;
 
-	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&c->list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&c->list);
 	c->busaddr = (__u32) cmd_dma_handle;
 	temp64.val = (__u64) err_dma_handle;
 	c->ErrDesc.Addr.lower = temp64.val32.lower;
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ static CommandList_struct *cmd_special_alloc(ctlr_info_t *h)
 	}
 	memset(c->err_info, 0, sizeof(ErrorInfo_struct));
 
-	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&c->list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&c->list);
 	c->busaddr = (__u32) cmd_dma_handle;
 	temp64.val = (__u64) err_dma_handle;
 	c->ErrDesc.Addr.lower = temp64.val32.lower;
@@ -2888,8 +2888,8 @@ static void start_io(ctlr_info_t *h)
 {
 	CommandList_struct *c;
 
-	while (!hlist_empty(&h->reqQ)) {
-		c = hlist_entry(h->reqQ.first, CommandList_struct, list);
+	while (!list_empty(&h->reqQ)) {
+		c = list_entry(h->reqQ.next, CommandList_struct, list);
 		/* can't do anything if fifo is full */
 		if ((h->access.fifo_full(h))) {
 			dev_warn(&h->pdev->dev, "fifo full\n");
@@ -3402,11 +3402,10 @@ static inline u32 process_nonindexed_cmd(ctlr_info_t *h, u32 raw_tag)
 {
 	u32 tag;
 	CommandList_struct *c = NULL;
-	struct hlist_node *tmp;
 	__u32 busaddr_masked, tag_masked;
 
 	tag = cciss_tag_discard_error_bits(raw_tag);
-	hlist_for_each_entry(c, tmp, &h->cmpQ, list) {
+	list_for_each_entry(c, &h->cmpQ, list) {
 		busaddr_masked = cciss_tag_discard_error_bits(c->busaddr);
 		tag_masked = cciss_tag_discard_error_bits(tag);
 		if (busaddr_masked == tag_masked) {
@@ -4572,8 +4571,8 @@ static int __devinit cciss_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	h = hba[i];
 	h->pdev = pdev;
 	h->busy_initializing = 1;
-	INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&h->cmpQ);
-	INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&h->reqQ);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&h->cmpQ);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&h->reqQ);
 	mutex_init(&h->busy_shutting_down);
 
 	if (cciss_pci_init(h) != 0)
diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.h b/drivers/block/cciss.h
index 4b8933d778f1..579f74918493 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss.h
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss.h
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ struct ctlr_info
 	struct access_method access;
 
 	/* queue and queue Info */ 
-	struct hlist_head reqQ;
-	struct hlist_head cmpQ;
+	struct list_head reqQ;
+	struct list_head cmpQ;
 	unsigned int Qdepth;
 	unsigned int maxQsinceinit;
 	unsigned int maxSG;
diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss_cmd.h b/drivers/block/cciss_cmd.h
index eb060f1b00b6..35463d2f0ee7 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss_cmd.h
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss_cmd.h
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ typedef struct _CommandList_struct {
   int			   ctlr;
   int			   cmd_type; 
   long			   cmdindex;
-  struct hlist_node list;
+  struct list_head list;
   struct request *	   rq;
   struct completion *waiting;
   int	 retry_count;
diff --git a/drivers/block/floppy.c b/drivers/block/floppy.c
index 25e4dffa0aad..b9ba04fc2b34 100644
--- a/drivers/block/floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/block/floppy.c
@@ -597,6 +597,11 @@ static unsigned char fsector_t;	/* sector in track */
 static unsigned char in_sector_offset;	/* offset within physical sector,
 					 * expressed in units of 512 bytes */
 
+static inline bool drive_no_geom(int drive)
+{
+	return !current_type[drive] && !ITYPE(UDRS->fd_device);
+}
+
 #ifndef fd_eject
 static inline int fd_eject(int drive)
 {
@@ -3782,7 +3787,7 @@ static int check_floppy_change(struct gendisk *disk)
 	if (test_bit(FD_DISK_CHANGED_BIT, &UDRS->flags) ||
 	    test_bit(FD_VERIFY_BIT, &UDRS->flags) ||
 	    test_bit(drive, &fake_change) ||
-	    (!ITYPE(UDRS->fd_device) && !current_type[drive]))
+	    drive_no_geom(drive))
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -3848,13 +3853,13 @@ static int __floppy_read_block_0(struct block_device *bdev)
 static int floppy_revalidate(struct gendisk *disk)
 {
 	int drive = (long)disk->private_data;
-#define NO_GEOM (!current_type[drive] && !ITYPE(UDRS->fd_device))
 	int cf;
 	int res = 0;
 
 	if (test_bit(FD_DISK_CHANGED_BIT, &UDRS->flags) ||
 	    test_bit(FD_VERIFY_BIT, &UDRS->flags) ||
-	    test_bit(drive, &fake_change) || NO_GEOM) {
+	    test_bit(drive, &fake_change) ||
+	    drive_no_geom(drive)) {
 		if (WARN(atomic_read(&usage_count) == 0,
 			 "VFS: revalidate called on non-open device.\n"))
 			return -EFAULT;
@@ -3862,7 +3867,7 @@ static int floppy_revalidate(struct gendisk *disk)
 		lock_fdc(drive, false);
 		cf = (test_bit(FD_DISK_CHANGED_BIT, &UDRS->flags) ||
 		      test_bit(FD_VERIFY_BIT, &UDRS->flags));
-		if (!(cf || test_bit(drive, &fake_change) || NO_GEOM)) {
+		if (!(cf || test_bit(drive, &fake_change) || drive_no_geom(drive))) {
 			process_fd_request();	/*already done by another thread */
 			return 0;
 		}
@@ -3874,7 +3879,7 @@ static int floppy_revalidate(struct gendisk *disk)
 		clear_bit(FD_DISK_CHANGED_BIT, &UDRS->flags);
 		if (cf)
 			UDRS->generation++;
-		if (NO_GEOM) {
+		if (drive_no_geom(drive)) {
 			/* auto-sensing */
 			res = __floppy_read_block_0(opened_bdev[drive]);
 		} else {