diff --git a/stl/inc/forward_list b/stl/inc/forward_list
index 6505741e50..cddec6dfc0 100644
--- a/stl/inc/forward_list
+++ b/stl/inc/forward_list
@@ -1093,6 +1093,7 @@ public:
             _Where._Getcont() == _STD addressof(_Mypair._Myval2), "forward_list splice_after iterator outside range");
         _STL_VERIFY(_First._Getcont() == _STD addressof(_Right._Mypair._Myval2),
             "forward_list splice_after iterator outside range");
+        _STL_VERIFY(_First._Ptr->_Next != nullptr, "forward_list splice_after iterator outside range");
 #endif // _ITERATOR_DEBUG_LEVEL == 2
 
         _Splice_after(_Where._Ptr, _Right, _First._Ptr);