diff --git a/include/linux/timerqueue.h b/include/linux/timerqueue.h
index 93884086f3924..adc80e29168ea 100644
--- a/include/linux/timerqueue.h
+++ b/include/linux/timerqueue.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ 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)