diff --git a/lustre/ptlrpc/recov_thread.c b/lustre/ptlrpc/recov_thread.c
index 9ec70741140c4be69f4e482dcbb9fc8c9b0d77da..7355d1ea7eb76d63bde1797d7cce5f18505aee26 100644
--- a/lustre/ptlrpc/recov_thread.c
+++ b/lustre/ptlrpc/recov_thread.c
@@ -363,9 +363,8 @@ static int log_commit_thread(void *arg)
                                 CERROR("error preparing commit: rc %d\n", rc);
 
                                 spin_lock(&lcm->lcm_llcd_lock);
-                                list_splice(&lcd->lcd_llcd_list,
-                                            &lcm->lcm_llcd_resend);
-                                CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&lcd->lcd_llcd_list);
+                                list_splice_init(&lcd->lcd_llcd_list,
+                                                 &lcm->lcm_llcd_resend);
                                 spin_unlock(&lcm->lcm_llcd_lock);
                                 break;
                         }
@@ -416,9 +415,9 @@ static int log_commit_thread(void *arg)
         /* If we are force exiting, just drop all of the cookies. */
         if (lcm->lcm_flags & LLOG_LCM_FL_EXIT_FORCE) {
                 spin_lock(&lcm->lcm_llcd_lock);
-                list_splice(&lcm->lcm_llcd_pending, &lcd->lcd_llcd_list);
-                list_splice(&lcm->lcm_llcd_resend, &lcd->lcd_llcd_list);
-                list_splice(&lcm->lcm_llcd_free, &lcd->lcd_llcd_list);
+                list_splice_init(&lcm->lcm_llcd_pending, &lcd->lcd_llcd_list);
+                list_splice_init(&lcm->lcm_llcd_resend, &lcd->lcd_llcd_list);
+                list_splice_init(&lcm->lcm_llcd_free, &lcd->lcd_llcd_list);
                 spin_unlock(&lcm->lcm_llcd_lock);
 
                 list_for_each_entry_safe(llcd, n, &lcd->lcd_llcd_list,llcd_list)