diff --git a/legacy/elementary/src/lib/elm_genlist.c b/legacy/elementary/src/lib/elm_genlist.c
index 1b4bc63737..801f3232b0 100644
--- a/legacy/elementary/src/lib/elm_genlist.c
+++ b/legacy/elementary/src/lib/elm_genlist.c
@@ -502,10 +502,12 @@ _view_clear(Evas_Object *view, Eina_List **texts, Eina_List **contents)
    Evas_Object *c;
    const Eina_List *l;
 
-   EINA_LIST_FOREACH(*texts, l, part)
-     edje_object_part_text_set(view, part, NULL);
-
-   if (texts) ELM_SAFE_FREE(*texts, elm_widget_stringlist_free);
+   if (texts)
+     {
+        EINA_LIST_FOREACH(*texts, l, part)
+           edje_object_part_text_set(view, part, NULL);
+        ELM_SAFE_FREE(*texts, elm_widget_stringlist_free);
+     }
 
    EINA_LIST_FREE(*contents, c)
      evas_object_del(c);