diff --git a/drivers/acpi/bus.c b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
index 5b6760e0f957..2d1955c11833 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
@@ -373,10 +373,11 @@ int acpi_bus_receive_event(struct acpi_bus_event *event)
 	}
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&acpi_bus_event_lock, flags);
-	entry =
-	    list_entry(acpi_bus_event_list.next, struct acpi_bus_event, node);
-	if (entry)
+	if (!list_empty(&acpi_bus_event_list)) {
+		entry = list_entry(acpi_bus_event_list.next,
+				   struct acpi_bus_event, node);
 		list_del(&entry->node);
+	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&acpi_bus_event_lock, flags);
 
 	if (!entry)