Index: packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/libcxx/list/TestDataFormatterLibcxxList.py
===================================================================
--- packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/libcxx/list/TestDataFormatterLibcxxList.py
+++ packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/libcxx/list/TestDataFormatterLibcxxList.py
@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@
                              '[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(),
Index: packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/libcxx/list/main.cpp
===================================================================
--- packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/libcxx/list/main.cpp
+++ packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/libcxx/list/main.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 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));
Index: source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/CPlusPlusLanguage.cpp
===================================================================
--- source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/CPlusPlusLanguage.cpp
+++ source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/CPlusPlusLanguage.cpp
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@
       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,