diff --git a/include/net/tls.h b/include/net/tls.h
index cb19992a0bc17e3fcd559bf70bd5189b0fc4c192..d22cfdb9709df2b8a5c92e555d79cee6daa5577e 100644
--- a/include/net/tls.h
+++ b/include/net/tls.h
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ static inline bool is_tx_ready(struct tls_sw_context_tx *ctx)
 {
 	struct tls_rec *rec;
 
-	rec = list_first_entry(&ctx->tx_list, struct tls_rec, list);
+	rec = list_first_entry_or_null(&ctx->tx_list, struct tls_rec, list);
 	if (!rec)
 		return false;