diff --git a/lib/stackdepot.c b/lib/stackdepot.c
index b1ceade0acc9..85fd40c63817 100644
--- a/lib/stackdepot.c
+++ b/lib/stackdepot.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/jhash.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/kmsan.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ union handle_parts {
 };
 
 struct stack_record {
-	struct stack_record *next;	/* Link in hash table or freelist */
+	struct list_head list;		/* Links in hash table or freelist */
 	u32 hash;			/* Hash in hash table */
 	u32 size;			/* Number of stored frames */
 	union handle_parts handle;
@@ -77,21 +78,21 @@ static bool __stack_depot_early_init_passed __initdata;
 /* Initial seed for jhash2. */
 #define STACK_HASH_SEED 0x9747b28c
 
-/* Hash table of pointers to stored stack traces. */
-static struct stack_record **stack_table;
+/* Hash table of stored stack records. */
+static struct list_head *stack_table;
 /* Fixed order of the number of table buckets. Used when KASAN is enabled. */
 static unsigned int stack_bucket_number_order;
 /* Hash mask for indexing the table. */
 static unsigned int stack_hash_mask;
 
-/* Array of memory regions that store stack traces. */
+/* Array of memory regions that store stack records. */
 static void *stack_pools[DEPOT_MAX_POOLS];
 /* Newly allocated pool that is not yet added to stack_pools. */
 static void *new_pool;
 /* Number of pools in stack_pools. */
 static int pools_num;
-/* Next stack in the freelist of stack records within stack_pools. */
-static struct stack_record *next_stack;
+/* Freelist of stack records within stack_pools. */
+static LIST_HEAD(free_stacks);
 /*
  * Stack depot tries to keep an extra pool allocated even before it runs out
  * of space in the currently used pool. This flag marks whether this extra pool
@@ -123,6 +124,15 @@ void __init stack_depot_request_early_init(void)
 	__stack_depot_early_init_requested = true;
 }
 
+/* Initialize list_head's within the hash table. */
+static void init_stack_table(unsigned long entries)
+{
+	unsigned long i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < entries; i++)
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&stack_table[i]);
+}
+
 /* Allocates a hash table via memblock. Can only be used during early boot. */
 int __init stack_depot_early_init(void)
 {
@@ -146,16 +156,16 @@ int __init stack_depot_early_init(void)
 
 	/*
 	 * If stack_bucket_number_order is not set, leave entries as 0 to rely
-	 * on the automatic calculations performed by alloc_large_system_hash.
+	 * on the automatic calculations performed by alloc_large_system_hash().
 	 */
 	if (stack_bucket_number_order)
 		entries = 1UL << stack_bucket_number_order;
 	pr_info("allocating hash table via alloc_large_system_hash\n");
 	stack_table = alloc_large_system_hash("stackdepot",
-						sizeof(struct stack_record *),
+						sizeof(struct list_head),
 						entries,
 						STACK_HASH_TABLE_SCALE,
-						HASH_EARLY | HASH_ZERO,
+						HASH_EARLY,
 						NULL,
 						&stack_hash_mask,
 						1UL << STACK_BUCKET_NUMBER_ORDER_MIN,
@@ -165,6 +175,14 @@ int __init stack_depot_early_init(void)
 		stack_depot_disabled = true;
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
+	if (!entries) {
+		/*
+		 * Obtain the number of entries that was calculated by
+		 * alloc_large_system_hash().
+		 */
+		entries = stack_hash_mask + 1;
+	}
+	init_stack_table(entries);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -205,7 +223,7 @@ int stack_depot_init(void)
 		entries = 1UL << STACK_BUCKET_NUMBER_ORDER_MAX;
 
 	pr_info("allocating hash table of %lu entries via kvcalloc\n", entries);
-	stack_table = kvcalloc(entries, sizeof(struct stack_record *), GFP_KERNEL);
+	stack_table = kvcalloc(entries, sizeof(struct list_head), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!stack_table) {
 		pr_err("hash table allocation failed, disabling\n");
 		stack_depot_disabled = true;
@@ -213,6 +231,7 @@ int stack_depot_init(void)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 	stack_hash_mask = entries - 1;
+	init_stack_table(entries);
 
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&stack_depot_init_mutex);
@@ -224,31 +243,24 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(stack_depot_init);
 /* Initializes a stack depol pool. */
 static void depot_init_pool(void *pool)
 {
-	const int records_in_pool = DEPOT_POOL_SIZE / DEPOT_STACK_RECORD_SIZE;
-	int i, offset;
+	int offset;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held_write(&pool_rwlock);
 
-	/* Initialize handles and link stack records to each other. */
-	for (i = 0, offset = 0;
-	     offset <= DEPOT_POOL_SIZE - DEPOT_STACK_RECORD_SIZE;
-	     i++, offset += DEPOT_STACK_RECORD_SIZE) {
+	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&free_stacks));
+
+	/* Initialize handles and link stack records into the freelist. */
+	for (offset = 0; offset <= DEPOT_POOL_SIZE - DEPOT_STACK_RECORD_SIZE;
+	     offset += DEPOT_STACK_RECORD_SIZE) {
 		struct stack_record *stack = pool + offset;
 
 		stack->handle.pool_index = pools_num;
 		stack->handle.offset = offset >> DEPOT_STACK_ALIGN;
 		stack->handle.extra = 0;
 
-		if (i < records_in_pool - 1)
-			stack->next = (void *)stack + DEPOT_STACK_RECORD_SIZE;
-		else
-			stack->next = NULL;
+		list_add(&stack->list, &free_stacks);
 	}
 
-	/* Link stack records into the freelist. */
-	WARN_ON(next_stack);
-	next_stack = pool;
-
 	/* Save reference to the pool to be used by depot_fetch_stack(). */
 	stack_pools[pools_num] = pool;
 	pools_num++;
@@ -289,7 +301,7 @@ static bool depot_update_pools(void **prealloc)
 	lockdep_assert_held_write(&pool_rwlock);
 
 	/* Check if we still have objects in the freelist. */
-	if (next_stack)
+	if (!list_empty(&free_stacks))
 		goto out_keep_prealloc;
 
 	/* Check if we have a new pool saved and use it. */
@@ -340,19 +352,18 @@ depot_alloc_stack(unsigned long *entries, int size, u32 hash, void **prealloc)
 		return NULL;
 
 	/* Check if we have a stack record to save the stack trace. */
-	stack = next_stack;
-	if (!stack)
+	if (list_empty(&free_stacks))
 		return NULL;
 
-	/* Advance the freelist. */
-	next_stack = stack->next;
+	/* Get and unlink the first entry from the freelist. */
+	stack = list_first_entry(&free_stacks, struct stack_record, list);
+	list_del(&stack->list);
 
 	/* Limit number of saved frames to CONFIG_STACKDEPOT_MAX_FRAMES. */
 	if (size > CONFIG_STACKDEPOT_MAX_FRAMES)
 		size = CONFIG_STACKDEPOT_MAX_FRAMES;
 
 	/* Save the stack trace. */
-	stack->next = NULL;
 	stack->hash = hash;
 	stack->size = size;
 	/* stack->handle is already filled in by depot_init_pool(). */
@@ -414,15 +425,17 @@ int stackdepot_memcmp(const unsigned long *u1, const unsigned long *u2,
 }
 
 /* Finds a stack in a bucket of the hash table. */
-static inline struct stack_record *find_stack(struct stack_record *bucket,
+static inline struct stack_record *find_stack(struct list_head *bucket,
 					     unsigned long *entries, int size,
 					     u32 hash)
 {
+	struct list_head *pos;
 	struct stack_record *found;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&pool_rwlock);
 
-	for (found = bucket; found; found = found->next) {
+	list_for_each(pos, bucket) {
+		found = list_entry(pos, struct stack_record, list);
 		if (found->hash == hash &&
 		    found->size == size &&
 		    !stackdepot_memcmp(entries, found->entries, size))
@@ -435,7 +448,8 @@ depot_stack_handle_t __stack_depot_save(unsigned long *entries,
 					unsigned int nr_entries,
 					gfp_t alloc_flags, bool can_alloc)
 {
-	struct stack_record *found = NULL, **bucket;
+	struct list_head *bucket;
+	struct stack_record *found = NULL;
 	depot_stack_handle_t handle = 0;
 	struct page *page = NULL;
 	void *prealloc = NULL;
@@ -462,7 +476,7 @@ depot_stack_handle_t __stack_depot_save(unsigned long *entries,
 	read_lock_irqsave(&pool_rwlock, flags);
 
 	/* Fast path: look the stack trace up without full locking. */
-	found = find_stack(*bucket, entries, nr_entries, hash);
+	found = find_stack(bucket, entries, nr_entries, hash);
 	if (found) {
 		read_unlock_irqrestore(&pool_rwlock, flags);
 		goto exit;
@@ -494,14 +508,13 @@ depot_stack_handle_t __stack_depot_save(unsigned long *entries,
 
 	write_lock_irqsave(&pool_rwlock, flags);
 
-	found = find_stack(*bucket, entries, nr_entries, hash);
+	found = find_stack(bucket, entries, nr_entries, hash);
 	if (!found) {
 		struct stack_record *new =
 			depot_alloc_stack(entries, nr_entries, hash, &prealloc);
 
 		if (new) {
-			new->next = *bucket;
-			*bucket = new;
+			list_add(&new->list, bucket);
 			found = new;
 		}
 	} else if (prealloc) {
