diff --git a/include/linux/list.h b/include/linux/list.h
index 9ac11148e037..cc6d2aa6b415 100644
--- a/include/linux/list.h
+++ b/include/linux/list.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/stddef.h>
 #include <linux/poison.h>
-#include <linux/prefetch.h>
+#include <linux/const.h>
 
 /*
  * Simple doubly linked list implementation.
@@ -367,18 +367,15 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
  * @head:	the head for your list.
  */
 #define list_for_each(pos, head) \
-	for (pos = (head)->next; prefetch(pos->next), pos != (head); \
-        	pos = pos->next)
+	for (pos = (head)->next; pos != (head); pos = pos->next)
 
 /**
  * __list_for_each	-	iterate over a list
  * @pos:	the &struct list_head to use as a loop cursor.
  * @head:	the head for your list.
  *
- * This variant differs from list_for_each() in that it's the
- * simplest possible list iteration code, no prefetching is done.
- * Use this for code that knows the list to be very short (empty
- * or 1 entry) most of the time.
+ * This variant doesn't differ from list_for_each() any more.
+ * We don't do prefetching in either case.
  */
 #define __list_for_each(pos, head) \
 	for (pos = (head)->next; pos != (head); pos = pos->next)
@@ -389,8 +386,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
  * @head:	the head for your list.
  */
 #define list_for_each_prev(pos, head) \
-	for (pos = (head)->prev; prefetch(pos->prev), pos != (head); \
-        	pos = pos->prev)
+	for (pos = (head)->prev; pos != (head); pos = pos->prev)
 
 /**
  * list_for_each_safe - iterate over a list safe against removal of list entry
@@ -410,7 +406,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
  */
 #define list_for_each_prev_safe(pos, n, head) \
 	for (pos = (head)->prev, n = pos->prev; \
-	     prefetch(pos->prev), pos != (head); \
+	     pos != (head); \
 	     pos = n, n = pos->prev)
 
 /**
@@ -421,7 +417,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
  */
 #define list_for_each_entry(pos, head, member)				\
 	for (pos = list_entry((head)->next, typeof(*pos), member);	\
-	     prefetch(pos->member.next), &pos->member != (head); 	\
+	     &pos->member != (head); 	\
 	     pos = list_entry(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member))
 
 /**
@@ -432,7 +428,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
  */
 #define list_for_each_entry_reverse(pos, head, member)			\
 	for (pos = list_entry((head)->prev, typeof(*pos), member);	\
-	     prefetch(pos->member.prev), &pos->member != (head); 	\
+	     &pos->member != (head); 	\
 	     pos = list_entry(pos->member.prev, typeof(*pos), member))
 
 /**
@@ -457,7 +453,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
  */
 #define list_for_each_entry_continue(pos, head, member) 		\
 	for (pos = list_entry(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member);	\
-	     prefetch(pos->member.next), &pos->member != (head);	\
+	     &pos->member != (head);	\
 	     pos = list_entry(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member))
 
 /**
@@ -471,7 +467,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
  */
 #define list_for_each_entry_continue_reverse(pos, head, member)		\
 	for (pos = list_entry(pos->member.prev, typeof(*pos), member);	\
-	     prefetch(pos->member.prev), &pos->member != (head);	\
+	     &pos->member != (head);	\
 	     pos = list_entry(pos->member.prev, typeof(*pos), member))
 
 /**
@@ -483,7 +479,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
  * Iterate over list of given type, continuing from current position.
  */
 #define list_for_each_entry_from(pos, head, member) 			\
-	for (; prefetch(pos->member.next), &pos->member != (head);	\
+	for (; &pos->member != (head);	\
 	     pos = list_entry(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member))
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/rculist.h b/include/linux/rculist.h
index 900a97a44769..e3beb315517a 100644
--- a/include/linux/rculist.h
+++ b/include/linux/rculist.h
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_init_rcu(struct list_head *list,
  */
 #define list_for_each_entry_rcu(pos, head, member) \
 	for (pos = list_entry_rcu((head)->next, typeof(*pos), member); \
-		prefetch(pos->member.next), &pos->member != (head); \
+		&pos->member != (head); \
 		pos = list_entry_rcu(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member))
 
 
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_init_rcu(struct list_head *list,
  */
 #define list_for_each_continue_rcu(pos, head) \
 	for ((pos) = rcu_dereference_raw(list_next_rcu(pos)); \
-		prefetch((pos)->next), (pos) != (head); \
+		(pos) != (head); \
 		(pos) = rcu_dereference_raw(list_next_rcu(pos)))
 
 /**
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_init_rcu(struct list_head *list,
  */
 #define list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu(pos, head, member) 		\
 	for (pos = list_entry_rcu(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member); \
-	     prefetch(pos->member.next), &pos->member != (head);	\
+	     &pos->member != (head);	\
 	     pos = list_entry_rcu(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member))
 
 /**