diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
index 4f6d676c4224cd19727084e2846f2fd96f03a1e7..e70ac6d16ea8771b0335623f0b099a446f6d3990 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
@@ -974,8 +974,8 @@ 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];