diff --git a/fs/lustre/include/lustre_handles.h b/fs/lustre/include/lustre_handles.h
index 4bae4d6..a4aeac8 100644
--- a/fs/lustre/include/lustre_handles.h
+++ b/fs/lustre/include/lustre_handles.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
  * to compute the start of the structure based on the handle field.
  */
 struct portals_handle {
-	struct list_head		h_link;
+	struct hlist_node		h_link;
 	u64				h_cookie;
 	const char			*h_owner;
 	refcount_t			h_ref;
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ struct portals_handle {
 	/* newly added fields to handle the RCU issue. -jxiong */
 	struct rcu_head			h_rcu;
 	spinlock_t			h_lock;
-	unsigned int			h_in:1;
 };
 
 /* handles.c */
diff --git a/fs/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lock.c b/fs/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lock.c
index 56a2d1d..5ac7723 100644
--- a/fs/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lock.c
+++ b/fs/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lock.c
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ static struct ldlm_lock *ldlm_lock_new(struct ldlm_resource *resource)
 
 	lprocfs_counter_incr(ldlm_res_to_ns(resource)->ns_stats,
 			     LDLM_NSS_LOCKS);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&lock->l_handle.h_link);
+	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&lock->l_handle.h_link);
 	class_handle_hash(&lock->l_handle, lock_handle_owner);
 
 	lu_ref_init(&lock->l_reference);
diff --git a/fs/lustre/obdclass/genops.c b/fs/lustre/obdclass/genops.c
index 257609b..e27cd40 100644
--- a/fs/lustre/obdclass/genops.c
+++ b/fs/lustre/obdclass/genops.c
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ static struct obd_export *__class_new_export(struct obd_device *obd,
 	spin_lock_init(&export->exp_uncommitted_replies_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&export->exp_uncommitted_replies);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&export->exp_req_replay_queue);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&export->exp_handle.h_link);
+	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&export->exp_handle.h_link);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&export->exp_hp_rpcs);
 	class_handle_hash(&export->exp_handle, export_handle_owner);
 	spin_lock_init(&export->exp_lock);
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ struct obd_import *class_new_import(struct obd_device *obd)
 	atomic_set(&imp->imp_replay_inflight, 0);
 	atomic_set(&imp->imp_inval_count, 0);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&imp->imp_conn_list);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&imp->imp_handle.h_link);
+	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&imp->imp_handle.h_link);
 	class_handle_hash(&imp->imp_handle, import_handle_owner);
 	init_imp_at(&imp->imp_at);
 
diff --git a/fs/lustre/obdclass/lustre_handles.c b/fs/lustre/obdclass/lustre_handles.c
index d8bab07..343d575 100644
--- a/fs/lustre/obdclass/lustre_handles.c
+++ b/fs/lustre/obdclass/lustre_handles.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
 static struct handle_bucket {
 	spinlock_t		lock;
-	struct list_head	head;
+	struct hlist_head	head;
 } *handle_hash;
 
 #define HANDLE_HASH_SIZE (1 << 16)
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void class_handle_hash(struct portals_handle *h, const char *owner)
 	struct handle_bucket *bucket;
 
 	LASSERT(h);
-	LASSERT(list_empty(&h->h_link));
+	LASSERT(hlist_unhashed(&h->h_link));
 
 	/*
 	 * This is fast, but simplistic cookie generation algorithm, it will
@@ -89,8 +89,7 @@ void class_handle_hash(struct portals_handle *h, const char *owner)
 
 	bucket = &handle_hash[h->h_cookie & HANDLE_HASH_MASK];
 	spin_lock(&bucket->lock);
-	list_add_rcu(&h->h_link, &bucket->head);
-	h->h_in = 1;
+	hlist_add_head_rcu(&h->h_link, &bucket->head);
 	spin_unlock(&bucket->lock);
 
 	CDEBUG(D_INFO, "added object %p with handle %#llx to hash\n",
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ void class_handle_hash(struct portals_handle *h, const char *owner)
 
 static void class_handle_unhash_nolock(struct portals_handle *h)
 {
-	if (list_empty(&h->h_link)) {
+	if (hlist_unhashed(&h->h_link)) {
 		CERROR("removing an already-removed handle (%#llx)\n",
 		       h->h_cookie);
 		return;
@@ -110,13 +109,12 @@ static void class_handle_unhash_nolock(struct portals_handle *h)
 	       h, h->h_cookie);
 
 	spin_lock(&h->h_lock);
-	if (h->h_in == 0) {
+	if (hlist_unhashed(&h->h_link)) {
 		spin_unlock(&h->h_lock);
 		return;
 	}
-	h->h_in = 0;
+	hlist_del_init_rcu(&h->h_link);
 	spin_unlock(&h->h_lock);
-	list_del_rcu(&h->h_link);
 }
 
 void class_handle_unhash(struct portals_handle *h)
@@ -145,7 +143,7 @@ void *class_handle2object(u64 cookie, const char *owner)
 	bucket = handle_hash + (cookie & HANDLE_HASH_MASK);
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	list_for_each_entry_rcu(h, &bucket->head, h_link) {
+	hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(h, &bucket->head, h_link) {
 		if (h->h_cookie != cookie || h->h_owner != owner)
 			continue;
 
@@ -176,7 +174,7 @@ int class_handle_init(void)
 	spin_lock_init(&handle_base_lock);
 	for (bucket = handle_hash + HANDLE_HASH_SIZE - 1; bucket >= handle_hash;
 	     bucket--) {
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bucket->head);
+		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&bucket->head);
 		spin_lock_init(&bucket->lock);
 	}
 
@@ -195,7 +193,7 @@ static int cleanup_all_handles(void)
 		struct portals_handle *h;
 
 		spin_lock(&handle_hash[i].lock);
-		list_for_each_entry_rcu(h, &handle_hash[i].head, h_link) {
+		hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(h, &handle_hash[i].head, h_link) {
 			CERROR("force clean handle %#llx addr %p owner %p\n",
 			       h->h_cookie, h, h->h_owner);
 
