diff --git a/fs/autofs4/expire.c b/fs/autofs4/expire.c
index 4456d1d..8dbd44f 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/expire.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/expire.c
@@ -376,8 +376,7 @@
 		DPRINTK("returning %p %.*s",
 			expired, (int)expired->d_name.len, expired->d_name.name);
 		spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-		list_del(&expired->d_parent->d_subdirs);
-		list_add(&expired->d_parent->d_subdirs, &expired->d_u.d_child);
+		list_move(&expired->d_parent->d_subdirs, &expired->d_u.d_child);
 		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 		return expired;
 	}