diff --git a/hutool-core/src/main/java/cn/hutool/core/collection/IterUtil.java b/hutool-core/src/main/java/cn/hutool/core/collection/IterUtil.java
index b93048618..3840609db 100755
--- a/hutool-core/src/main/java/cn/hutool/core/collection/IterUtil.java
+++ b/hutool-core/src/main/java/cn/hutool/core/collection/IterUtil.java
@@ -575,6 +575,11 @@ public class IterUtil {
 	 * @return 第一个元素，为空返回{@code null}
 	 */
 	public static <T> T getFirst(Iterable<T> iterable) {
+		if (iterable instanceof List) {
+			List<T> list = (List<T>) iterable;
+			return CollUtil.isEmpty(list) ? null: list.get(0);
+		}
+
 		return getFirst(getIter(iterable));
 	}
 
diff --git a/hutool-core/src/test/java/cn/hutool/core/collection/IterUtilTest.java b/hutool-core/src/test/java/cn/hutool/core/collection/IterUtilTest.java
index f9cfb17e9..48ca3e38d 100644
--- a/hutool-core/src/test/java/cn/hutool/core/collection/IterUtilTest.java
+++ b/hutool-core/src/test/java/cn/hutool/core/collection/IterUtilTest.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import lombok.Data;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import java.util.ArrayDeque;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -20,6 +21,18 @@ import java.util.Map;
  */
 public class IterUtilTest {
 
+	@Test
+	public void getFirst() {
+		Assert.assertNull(IterUtil.getFirst((Iterable<Object>) null));
+		Assert.assertNull(IterUtil.getFirst(CollUtil.newArrayList()));
+
+		Assert.assertEquals("1", IterUtil.getFirst(CollUtil.newArrayList("1", "2", "3")));
+		ArrayDeque<String> deque = new ArrayDeque<>();
+		deque.add("3");
+		deque.add("4");
+		Assert.assertEquals("3", IterUtil.getFirst(deque));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void getFirstNonNullTest(){
 		final ArrayList<String> strings = CollUtil.newArrayList(null, null, "123", "456", null);