diff --git a/include/linux/timerqueue.h b/include/linux/timerqueue.h
index f71c1ce1421f035d36efccdf6cd0d639ab0fee2f..bcc0afc625226f0f3832ad24da1cdb76d6576def 100644
--- a/include/linux/timerqueue.h
+++ b/include/linux/timerqueue.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ struct timerqueue_node *timerqueue_getnext(struct timerqueue_head *head)
 {
 	struct rb_node *leftmost = rb_first_cached(&head->rb_root);
 
-	return rb_entry(leftmost, struct timerqueue_node, node);
+	return rb_entry_safe(leftmost, struct timerqueue_node, node);
 }
 
 static inline void timerqueue_init(struct timerqueue_node *node)