diff --git a/include/linux/bug.h b/include/linux/bug.h
index baff2e8fc8a8..5828489309bb 100644
--- a/include/linux/bug.h
+++ b/include/linux/bug.h
@@ -124,18 +124,20 @@ static inline enum bug_trap_type report_bug(unsigned long bug_addr,
 
 /*
  * Since detected data corruption should stop operation on the affected
- * structures, this returns false if the corruption condition is found.
+ * structures. Return value must be checked and sanely acted on by caller.
  */
+static inline __must_check bool check_data_corruption(bool v) { return v; }
 #define CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(condition, fmt, ...)			 \
-	do {								 \
-		if (unlikely(condition)) {				 \
+	check_data_corruption(({					 \
+		bool corruption = unlikely(condition);			 \
+		if (corruption) {					 \
 			if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BUG_ON_DATA_CORRUPTION)) { \
 				pr_err(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);		 \
 				BUG();					 \
 			} else						 \
 				WARN(1, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);		 \
-			return false;					 \
 		}							 \
-	} while (0)
+		corruption;						 \
+	}))
 
 #endif	/* _LINUX_BUG_H */
diff --git a/lib/list_debug.c b/lib/list_debug.c
index 7f7bfa55eb6d..a34db8d27667 100644
--- a/lib/list_debug.c
+++ b/lib/list_debug.c
@@ -20,15 +20,16 @@
 bool __list_add_valid(struct list_head *new, struct list_head *prev,
 		      struct list_head *next)
 {
-	CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(next->prev != prev,
-		"list_add corruption. next->prev should be prev (%p), but was %p. (next=%p).\n",
-		prev, next->prev, next);
-	CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(prev->next != next,
-		"list_add corruption. prev->next should be next (%p), but was %p. (prev=%p).\n",
-		next, prev->next, prev);
-	CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(new == prev || new == next,
-		"list_add double add: new=%p, prev=%p, next=%p.\n",
-		new, prev, next);
+	if (CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(next->prev != prev,
+			"list_add corruption. next->prev should be prev (%p), but was %p. (next=%p).\n",
+			prev, next->prev, next) ||
+	    CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(prev->next != next,
+			"list_add corruption. prev->next should be next (%p), but was %p. (prev=%p).\n",
+			next, prev->next, prev) ||
+	    CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(new == prev || new == next,
+			"list_add double add: new=%p, prev=%p, next=%p.\n",
+			new, prev, next))
+		return false;
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -41,18 +42,20 @@ bool __list_del_entry_valid(struct list_head *entry)
 	prev = entry->prev;
 	next = entry->next;
 
-	CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(next == LIST_POISON1,
-		"list_del corruption, %p->next is LIST_POISON1 (%p)\n",
-		entry, LIST_POISON1);
-	CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(prev == LIST_POISON2,
-		"list_del corruption, %p->prev is LIST_POISON2 (%p)\n",
-		entry, LIST_POISON2);
-	CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(prev->next != entry,
-		"list_del corruption. prev->next should be %p, but was %p\n",
-		entry, prev->next);
-	CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(next->prev != entry,
-		"list_del corruption. next->prev should be %p, but was %p\n",
-		entry, next->prev);
+	if (CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(next == LIST_POISON1,
+			"list_del corruption, %p->next is LIST_POISON1 (%p)\n",
+			entry, LIST_POISON1) ||
+	    CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(prev == LIST_POISON2,
+			"list_del corruption, %p->prev is LIST_POISON2 (%p)\n",
+			entry, LIST_POISON2) ||
+	    CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(prev->next != entry,
+			"list_del corruption. prev->next should be %p, but was %p\n",
+			entry, prev->next) ||
+	    CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(next->prev != entry,
+			"list_del corruption. next->prev should be %p, but was %p\n",
+			entry, next->prev))
+		return false;
+
 	return true;
 
 }