diff --git a/fs/afs/vl_list.c b/fs/afs/vl_list.c
index 21eb0c0be912..8fea54eba0c2 100644
--- a/fs/afs/vl_list.c
+++ b/fs/afs/vl_list.c
@@ -279,8 +279,8 @@ struct afs_vlserver_list *afs_extract_vlserver_list(struct afs_cell *cell,
 			struct afs_addr_list *old = addrs;
 
 			write_lock(&server->lock);
-			rcu_swap_protected(server->addresses, old,
-					   lockdep_is_held(&server->lock));
+			old = rcu_replace_pointer(server->addresses, old,
+						  lockdep_is_held(&server->lock));
 			write_unlock(&server->lock);
 			afs_put_addrlist(old);
 		}