diff --git a/lib/list_debug.c b/lib/list_debug.c
index 9daa3fb9d1cd..d98d43f80958 100644
--- a/lib/list_debug.c
+++ b/lib/list_debug.c
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@
 bool __list_add_valid(struct list_head *new, struct list_head *prev,
 		      struct list_head *next)
 {
-	if (CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(next->prev != prev,
+	if (CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(prev == NULL,
+			"list_add corruption. prev is NULL.\n") ||
+	    CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(next == NULL,
+			"list_add corruption. next is NULL.\n") ||
+	    CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(next->prev != prev,
 			"list_add corruption. next->prev should be prev (%px), but was %px. (next=%px).\n",
 			prev, next->prev, next) ||
 	    CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(prev->next != next,
@@ -42,7 +46,11 @@ bool __list_del_entry_valid(struct list_head *entry)
 	prev = entry->prev;
 	next = entry->next;
 
-	if (CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(next == LIST_POISON1,
+	if (CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(next == NULL,
+			"list_del corruption, %px->next is NULL\n", entry) ||
+	    CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(prev == NULL,
+			"list_del corruption, %px->prev is NULL\n", entry) ||
+	    CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(next == LIST_POISON1,
 			"list_del corruption, %px->next is LIST_POISON1 (%px)\n",
 			entry, LIST_POISON1) ||
 	    CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(prev == LIST_POISON2,