diff --git a/lib/list-test.c b/lib/list-test.c
index ee09505df16f..994ea4e3fc1b 100644
--- a/lib/list-test.c
+++ b/lib/list-test.c
@@ -234,6 +234,24 @@ static void list_test_list_bulk_move_tail(struct kunit *test)
 	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, i, 2);
 }
 
+static void list_test_list_is_head(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	struct list_head a, b, c;
+
+	/* Two lists: [a] -> b, [c] */
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&a);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&c);
+	list_add_tail(&b, &a);
+
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_TRUE_MSG(test, list_is_head(&a, &a),
+		"Head element of same list");
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_FALSE_MSG(test, list_is_head(&a, &b),
+		"Non-head element of same list");
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_FALSE_MSG(test, list_is_head(&a, &c),
+		"Head element of different list");
+}
+
+
 static void list_test_list_is_first(struct kunit *test)
 {
 	struct list_head a, b;
@@ -710,6 +728,7 @@ static struct kunit_case list_test_cases[] = {
 	KUNIT_CASE(list_test_list_move),
 	KUNIT_CASE(list_test_list_move_tail),
 	KUNIT_CASE(list_test_list_bulk_move_tail),
+	KUNIT_CASE(list_test_list_is_head),
 	KUNIT_CASE(list_test_list_is_first),
 	KUNIT_CASE(list_test_list_is_last),
 	KUNIT_CASE(list_test_list_empty),