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The author intent at both sites was clear from the existing recovery path. Switch to list_first_entry_or_null() so the existing NULL path runs. The two sites were raised in an inquiry on 2026-05-20. Frank Li confirmed and asked for a patch. Maoyi Xie (2): dmaengine: mpc512x: fix dead empty check in mpc_dma_prep_slave_sg() dmaengine: rz-dmac: fix dead empty check in rz_dmac_chan_get_residue() drivers/dma/mpc512x_dma.c | 4 ++-- drivers/dma/sh/rz-dmac.c | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) -- 2.34.1