diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
index 07bd316d02baf7c429c56b6ac8f2f0288d60400a..51594fb7b9e72f80c06af1f04e9fd89b01aba9ba 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
@@ -1601,7 +1601,7 @@ int l2cap_register_user(struct l2cap_conn *conn, struct l2cap_user *user)
 
 	hci_dev_lock(hdev);
 
-	if (user->list.next || user->list.prev) {
+	if (!list_empty(&user->list)) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
@@ -1631,12 +1631,10 @@ void l2cap_unregister_user(struct l2cap_conn *conn, struct l2cap_user *user)
 
 	hci_dev_lock(hdev);
 
-	if (!user->list.next || !user->list.prev)
+	if (list_empty(&user->list))
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	list_del(&user->list);
-	user->list.next = NULL;
-	user->list.prev = NULL;
 	user->remove(conn, user);
 
 out_unlock:
@@ -1651,8 +1649,6 @@ static void l2cap_unregister_all_users(struct l2cap_conn *conn)
 	while (!list_empty(&conn->users)) {
 		user = list_first_entry(&conn->users, struct l2cap_user, list);
 		list_del(&user->list);
-		user->list.next = NULL;
-		user->list.prev = NULL;
 		user->remove(conn, user);
 	}
 }