diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/omx/vid_enc_common.c b/src/gallium/frontends/omx/vid_enc_common.c
index a3b274606cf..9d64f4358cd 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/omx/vid_enc_common.c
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/omx/vid_enc_common.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ void enc_ReleaseTasks(struct list_head *head)
 {
    struct encode_task *i, *next;
 
-   if (!head || !head->next)
+   if (!head || !list_is_linked(head))
       return;
 
    LIST_FOR_EACH_ENTRY_SAFE(i, next, head, list) {