diff --git a/drivers/crypto/stm32/stm32-crc32.c b/drivers/crypto/stm32/stm32-crc32.c
index 90a920e7f664..c439be1650c8 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/stm32/stm32-crc32.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/stm32/stm32-crc32.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static struct stm32_crc *stm32_crc_get_next_crc(void)
 	struct stm32_crc *crc;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&crc_list.lock);
-	crc = list_first_entry(&crc_list.dev_list, struct stm32_crc, list);
+	crc = list_first_entry_or_null(&crc_list.dev_list, struct stm32_crc, list);
 	if (crc)
 		list_move_tail(&crc->list, &crc_list.dev_list);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&crc_list.lock);