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diff --git a/include/linux/list.h b/include/linux/list.h
index 6a1f8df9144..b83e5657365 100644
--- a/include/linux/list.h
+++ b/include/linux/list.h
@@ -362,6 +362,17 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
list_entry((ptr)->next, type, member)
/**
+ * list_first_entry_or_null - get the first element from a list
+ * @ptr: the list head to take the element from.
+ * @type: the type of the struct this is embedded in.
+ * @member: the name of the list_struct within the struct.
+ *
+ * Note that if the list is empty, it returns NULL.
+ */
+#define list_first_entry_or_null(ptr, type, member) \
+ (!list_empty(ptr) ? list_first_entry(ptr, type, member) : NULL)
+
+/**
* list_for_each - iterate over a list
* @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop cursor.
* @head: the head for your list.