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diff --git a/ccan/list/list.h b/ccan/list/list.h
index 8e2f6df0..ab324087 100644
--- a/ccan/list/list.h
+++ b/ccan/list/list.h
@@ -292,6 +292,34 @@ static inline const void *list_top_(const struct list_head *h, size_t off)
 	return (const char *)h->n.next - off;
 }
 
+/**
+ * list_pop - remove the first entry in a list
+ * @h: the list_head
+ * @type: the type of the entry
+ * @member: the list_node member of the type
+ *
+ * If the list is empty, returns NULL.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ *	struct child *one;
+ *	one = list_pop(&parent->children, struct child, list);
+ *	if (!one)
+ *		printf("Empty list!\n");
+ */
+#define list_pop(h, type, member)					\
+	((type *)list_pop_((h), list_off_(type, member)))
+
+static inline const void *list_pop_(const struct list_head *h, size_t off)
+{
+	struct list_node *n;
+
+	if (list_empty(h))
+		return NULL;
+	n = h->n.next;
+	list_del(n);
+	return (const char *)n - off;
+}
+
 /**
  * list_tail - get the last entry in a list
  * @h: the list_head