1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/bus.c b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
index 5b6760e0f957..2d1955c11833 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
@@ -373,10 +373,11 @@ int acpi_bus_receive_event(struct acpi_bus_event *event)
         }
 
         spin_lock_irqsave(&acpi_bus_event_lock, flags);
-        entry =
-            list_entry(acpi_bus_event_list.next, struct acpi_bus_event, node);
-        if (entry)
+        if (!list_empty(&acpi_bus_event_list)) {
+                entry = list_entry(acpi_bus_event_list.next,
+                                   struct acpi_bus_event, node);
                 list_del(&entry->node);
+        }
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&acpi_bus_event_lock, flags);
 
         if (!entry)