diff --git a/drivers/firewire/net.c b/drivers/firewire/net.c
index e5361f4f8bbd..961f1a046025 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/net.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/net.c
@@ -297,31 +297,34 @@ static struct fwnet_fragment_info *fwnet_frag_new(
 		if (fi->offset + fi->len == offset) {
 			/* The new fragment can be tacked on to the end */
 			/* Did the new fragment plug a hole? */
-			fi2 = list_entry(fi->fi_link.next,
-					 struct fwnet_fragment_info, fi_link);
-			if (fi->offset + fi->len == fi2->offset) {
-				/* glue fragments together */
-				fi->len += len + fi2->len;
-				list_del(&fi2->fi_link);
-				kfree(fi2);
-			} else {
-				fi->len += len;
+			if (!list_is_last(&fi->fi_link, &pd->fi_list)) {
+				fi2 = list_next_entry(fi, fi_link);
+				if (offset + len == fi2->offset) {
+					/* glue fragments together */
+					fi->len += len + fi2->len;
+					list_del(&fi2->fi_link);
+					kfree(fi2);
+
+					return fi;
+				}
 			}
+			fi->len += len;
 
 			return fi;
 		}
 		if (offset + len == fi->offset) {
 			/* The new fragment can be tacked on to the beginning */
 			/* Did the new fragment plug a hole? */
-			fi2 = list_entry(fi->fi_link.prev,
-					 struct fwnet_fragment_info, fi_link);
-			if (fi2->offset + fi2->len == fi->offset) {
-				/* glue fragments together */
-				fi2->len += fi->len + len;
-				list_del(&fi->fi_link);
-				kfree(fi);
+			if (!list_is_first(&fi->fi_link, &pd->fi_list)) {
+				fi2 = list_prev_entry(fi, fi_link);
+				if (fi2->offset + fi2->len == offset) {
+					/* glue fragments together */
+					fi2->len += fi->len + len;
+					list_del(&fi->fi_link);
+					kfree(fi);
 
-				return fi2;
+					return fi2;
+				}
 			}
 			fi->offset = offset;
 			fi->len += len;