diff --git a/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/libcxx/list/TestDataFormatterLibcxxList.py b/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/libcxx/list/TestDataFormatterLibcxxList.py
index 86248d1cac24..957f2bf53da5 100644
--- a/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/libcxx/list/TestDataFormatterLibcxxList.py
+++ b/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/libcxx/list/TestDataFormatterLibcxxList.py
@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@ class LibcxxListDataFormatterTestCase(TestBase):
                              '[2] = ', '3',
                              '[3] = ', '4'])
 
+        ListPtr = self.frame().FindVariable("list_ptr")
+        self.assertTrue(ListPtr.GetChildAtIndex(
+            0).GetValueAsUnsigned(0) == 1, "[0] = 1")
+
         # check that MightHaveChildren() gets it right
         self.assertTrue(
             self.frame().FindVariable("numbers_list").MightHaveChildren(),
diff --git a/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/libcxx/list/main.cpp b/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/libcxx/list/main.cpp
index 56375874f37e..a3ef06b18e74 100644
--- a/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/libcxx/list/main.cpp
+++ b/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/libcxx/list/main.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ typedef std::list<std::string> string_list;
 int main()
 {
     int_list numbers_list;
-    
+    std::list<int>* list_ptr = &numbers_list;
+
     printf("// Set break point at this line.");
     (numbers_list.push_back(0x12345678));
     (numbers_list.push_back(0x11223344));
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/CPlusPlusLanguage.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/CPlusPlusLanguage.cpp
index d7232bd155db..c2a09cb1d37b 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/CPlusPlusLanguage.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/CPlusPlusLanguage.cpp
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ static void LoadLibCxxFormatters(lldb::TypeCategoryImplSP cpp_category_sp) {
       cpp_category_sp,
       lldb_private::formatters::LibcxxStdListSyntheticFrontEndCreator,
       "libc++ std::list synthetic children",
-      ConstString("^std::__[[:alnum:]]+::list<.+>(( )?&)?$"), stl_synth_flags,
+      ConstString("^std::__[[:alnum:]]+::list<.+>(( )?&)?$"), stl_deref_flags,
       true);
   AddCXXSynthetic(
       cpp_category_sp,