diff --git a/include/linux/list_bl.h b/include/linux/list_bl.h
index 9f8e29142324..f48d8acb15b4 100644
--- a/include/linux/list_bl.h
+++ b/include/linux/list_bl.h
@@ -24,13 +24,6 @@
 #define LIST_BL_LOCKMASK	0UL
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CHECK_INTEGRITY_LIST
-#define LIST_BL_BUG_ON(x) BUG_ON(x)
-#else
-#define LIST_BL_BUG_ON(x)
-#endif
-
-
 struct hlist_bl_head {
 	struct hlist_bl_node *first;
 };
@@ -38,6 +31,37 @@ struct hlist_bl_head {
 struct hlist_bl_node {
 	struct hlist_bl_node *next, **pprev;
 };
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CHECK_INTEGRITY_LIST
+static inline bool __hlist_bl_add_head_valid(struct hlist_bl_head *h,
+					     struct hlist_bl_node *n)
+{
+	unsigned long hlock = (unsigned long)h->first & LIST_BL_LOCKMASK;
+	unsigned long nlock = (unsigned long)n & LIST_BL_LOCKMASK;
+
+	return !(CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(nlock,
+			"hlist_bl_add_head: node is locked\n") ||
+		 CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(hlock != LIST_BL_LOCKMASK,
+			"hlist_bl_add_head: head is unlocked\n"));
+}
+
+static inline bool __hlist_bl_del_valid(struct hlist_bl_node *n)
+{
+	unsigned long nlock = (unsigned long)n & LIST_BL_LOCKMASK;
+	return !CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION(nlock, "hlist_bl_del_valid: node locked");
+}
+#else
+static inline bool __hlist_bl_add_head_valid(struct hlist_bl_head *h,
+					     struct hlist_bl_node *n)
+{
+	return true;
+}
+static inline bool __hlist_bl_del_valid(struct hlist_bl_node *n)
+{
+	return true;
+}
+#endif
+
 #define INIT_HLIST_BL_HEAD(ptr) \
 	((ptr)->first = NULL)
 
@@ -60,15 +84,6 @@ static inline struct hlist_bl_node *hlist_bl_first(struct hlist_bl_head *h)
 		((unsigned long)h->first & ~LIST_BL_LOCKMASK);
 }
 
-static inline void hlist_bl_set_first(struct hlist_bl_head *h,
-					struct hlist_bl_node *n)
-{
-	LIST_BL_BUG_ON((unsigned long)n & LIST_BL_LOCKMASK);
-	LIST_BL_BUG_ON(((unsigned long)h->first & LIST_BL_LOCKMASK) !=
-							LIST_BL_LOCKMASK);
-	h->first = (struct hlist_bl_node *)((unsigned long)n | LIST_BL_LOCKMASK);
-}
-
 static inline bool hlist_bl_empty(const struct hlist_bl_head *h)
 {
 	unsigned long first = data_race((unsigned long)READ_ONCE(h->first));
@@ -80,11 +95,14 @@ static inline void hlist_bl_add_head(struct hlist_bl_node *n,
 {
 	struct hlist_bl_node *first = hlist_bl_first(h);
 
+	if (!__hlist_bl_add_head_valid(h, n))
+		return;
+
 	n->next = first;
 	if (first)
 		first->pprev = &n->next;
 	n->pprev = &h->first;
-	hlist_bl_set_first(h, n);
+	h->first = (struct hlist_bl_node *)((unsigned long)n | LIST_BL_LOCKMASK);
 }
 
 static inline void hlist_bl_add_before(struct hlist_bl_node *n,
@@ -118,7 +136,8 @@ static inline void __hlist_bl_del(struct hlist_bl_node *n)
 	struct hlist_bl_node *next = n->next;
 	struct hlist_bl_node **pprev = n->pprev;
 
-	LIST_BL_BUG_ON((unsigned long)n & LIST_BL_LOCKMASK);
+	if (!__hlist_bl_del_valid(n))
+		return;
 
 	/* pprev may be `first`, so be careful not to lose the lock bit */
 	WRITE_ONCE(*pprev,
diff --git a/include/linux/rculist_bl.h b/include/linux/rculist_bl.h
index 0b952d06eb0b..553ce3cde104 100644
--- a/include/linux/rculist_bl.h
+++ b/include/linux/rculist_bl.h
@@ -8,16 +8,6 @@
 #include <linux/list_bl.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
-static inline void hlist_bl_set_first_rcu(struct hlist_bl_head *h,
-					struct hlist_bl_node *n)
-{
-	LIST_BL_BUG_ON((unsigned long)n & LIST_BL_LOCKMASK);
-	LIST_BL_BUG_ON(((unsigned long)h->first & LIST_BL_LOCKMASK) !=
-							LIST_BL_LOCKMASK);
-	rcu_assign_pointer(h->first,
-		(struct hlist_bl_node *)((unsigned long)n | LIST_BL_LOCKMASK));
-}
-
 static inline struct hlist_bl_node *hlist_bl_first_rcu(struct hlist_bl_head *h)
 {
 	return (struct hlist_bl_node *)
@@ -73,6 +63,9 @@ static inline void hlist_bl_add_head_rcu(struct hlist_bl_node *n,
 {
 	struct hlist_bl_node *first;
 
+	if (!__hlist_bl_add_head_valid(h, n))
+		return;
+
 	/* don't need hlist_bl_first_rcu because we're under lock */
 	first = hlist_bl_first(h);
 
@@ -81,8 +74,8 @@ static inline void hlist_bl_add_head_rcu(struct hlist_bl_node *n,
 		first->pprev = &n->next;
 	n->pprev = &h->first;
 
-	/* need _rcu because we can have concurrent lock free readers */
-	hlist_bl_set_first_rcu(h, n);
+	rcu_assign_pointer(h->first,
+		(struct hlist_bl_node *)((unsigned long)n | LIST_BL_LOCKMASK));
 }
 /**
  * hlist_bl_for_each_entry_rcu - iterate over rcu list of given type
