diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
index eaaf732f0630..baadead947c8 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
@@ -988,8 +988,8 @@ struct hid_report *hid_validate_values(struct hid_device *hid,
 		 * Validating on id 0 means we should examine the first
 		 * report in the list.
 		 */
-		report = list_entry(
-				hid->report_enum[type].report_list.next,
+		report = list_first_entry_or_null(
+				&hid->report_enum[type].report_list,
 				struct hid_report, list);
 	} else {
 		report = hid->report_enum[type].report_id_hash[id];