diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/irixelf.c b/arch/mips/kernel/irixelf.c
index 8ef5cf4..5a3fe43 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/irixelf.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/irixelf.c
@@ -47,8 +47,11 @@
                           struct file *file);
 
 static struct linux_binfmt irix_format = {
-	NULL, THIS_MODULE, load_irix_binary, load_irix_library,
-	irix_core_dump, PAGE_SIZE
+	.module		= THIS_MODULE,
+	.load_binary	= load_irix_binary,
+	.load_shlib	= load_irix_library,
+	.core_dump	= irix_core_dump,
+	.min_coredump	= PAGE_SIZE,
 };
 
 /* Debugging routines. */
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/binfmt_aout32.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/binfmt_aout32.c
index d208cc7..c8acbea 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/binfmt_aout32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/binfmt_aout32.c
@@ -38,8 +38,11 @@
 static int aout32_core_dump(long signr, struct pt_regs * regs, struct file *file);
 
 static struct linux_binfmt aout32_format = {
-	NULL, THIS_MODULE, load_aout32_binary, load_aout32_library, aout32_core_dump,
-	PAGE_SIZE
+	.module		= THIS_MODULE,
+	.load_binary	= load_aout32_binary,
+	.load_shlib	= load_aout32_library,
+	.core_dump	= aout32_core_dump,
+	.min_coredump	= PAGE_SIZE,
 };
 
 static void set_brk(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 073b0b8..65825bd 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -66,27 +66,15 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(suid_dumpable);
 /* The maximal length of core_pattern is also specified in sysctl.c */
 
-static struct linux_binfmt *formats;
+static LIST_HEAD(formats);
 static DEFINE_RWLOCK(binfmt_lock);
 
 int register_binfmt(struct linux_binfmt * fmt)
 {
-	struct linux_binfmt ** tmp = &formats;
-
 	if (!fmt)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (fmt->next)
-		return -EBUSY;
 	write_lock(&binfmt_lock);
-	while (*tmp) {
-		if (fmt == *tmp) {
-			write_unlock(&binfmt_lock);
-			return -EBUSY;
-		}
-		tmp = &(*tmp)->next;
-	}
-	fmt->next = formats;
-	formats = fmt;
+	list_add(&fmt->lh, &formats);
 	write_unlock(&binfmt_lock);
 	return 0;	
 }
@@ -95,20 +83,10 @@
 
 int unregister_binfmt(struct linux_binfmt * fmt)
 {
-	struct linux_binfmt ** tmp = &formats;
-
 	write_lock(&binfmt_lock);
-	while (*tmp) {
-		if (fmt == *tmp) {
-			*tmp = fmt->next;
-			fmt->next = NULL;
-			write_unlock(&binfmt_lock);
-			return 0;
-		}
-		tmp = &(*tmp)->next;
-	}
+	list_del(&fmt->lh);
 	write_unlock(&binfmt_lock);
-	return -EINVAL;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_binfmt);
@@ -155,7 +133,7 @@
 		struct linux_binfmt * fmt;
 
 		read_lock(&binfmt_lock);
-		for (fmt = formats ; fmt ; fmt = fmt->next) {
+		list_for_each_entry(fmt, &formats, lh) {
 			if (!fmt->load_shlib)
 				continue;
 			if (!try_module_get(fmt->module))
@@ -1284,7 +1262,7 @@
 	retval = -ENOENT;
 	for (try=0; try<2; try++) {
 		read_lock(&binfmt_lock);
-		for (fmt = formats ; fmt ; fmt = fmt->next) {
+		list_for_each_entry(fmt, &formats, lh) {
 			int (*fn)(struct linux_binprm *, struct pt_regs *) = fmt->load_binary;
 			if (!fn)
 				continue;
diff --git a/include/linux/binfmts.h b/include/linux/binfmts.h
index 91c8c07..6b834dc 100644
--- a/include/linux/binfmts.h
+++ b/include/linux/binfmts.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
  * linux accepts.
  */
 struct linux_binfmt {
-	struct linux_binfmt * next;
+	struct list_head lh;
 	struct module *module;
 	int (*load_binary)(struct linux_binprm *, struct  pt_regs * regs);
 	int (*load_shlib)(struct file *);