diff --git a/lisp/treesit.el b/lisp/treesit.el
index 18200acf53f..a1c012b6d2f 100644
--- a/lisp/treesit.el
+++ b/lisp/treesit.el
@@ -2366,6 +2366,11 @@ treesit-sexp-type-regexp
 however, smaller in scope than sentences.  This is used by
 `treesit-forward-sexp' and friends.")
 
+(defun treesit-forward-list (&optional arg)
+  (interactive "^p")
+  (let ((treesit-sexp-type-regexp 'sexp-list))
+    (treesit-forward-sexp arg)))
+
 (defun treesit-forward-sexp (&optional arg)
   "Tree-sitter implementation for `forward-sexp-function'.
 
@@ -2382,18 +2387,8 @@ treesit-forward-sexp
 by `text' and `sexp' in `treesit-thing-settings'."
   (interactive "^p")
   (let ((arg (or arg 1))
-        (pred (or treesit-sexp-type-regexp 'sexp))
-        (node-at-point
-         (treesit-node-at (point) (treesit-language-at (point)))))
-    (or (when (and node-at-point
-                   ;; Make sure point is strictly inside node.
-                   (< (treesit-node-start node-at-point)
-                      (point)
-                      (treesit-node-end node-at-point))
-                   (treesit-node-match-p node-at-point 'text t))
-          (forward-sexp-default-function arg)
-          t)
-        (if (> arg 0)
+        (pred (or treesit-sexp-type-regexp 'sexp)))
+    (or (if (> arg 0)
             (treesit-end-of-thing pred (abs arg) 'restricted)
           (treesit-beginning-of-thing pred (abs arg) 'restricted))
         ;; If we couldn't move, we should signal an error and report
@@ -2408,6 +2403,63 @@ treesit-forward-sexp
                                     (treesit-node-start boundary)
                                     (treesit-node-end boundary)))))))
 
+(defun treesit-forward-sexp-list (&optional arg)
+  "Tree-sitter implementation for `forward-sexp-function'.
+
+ARG is described in the docstring of `forward-sexp-function'.
+
+If point is inside a text environment where tree-sitter is not
+supported, go forward a sexp using `forward-sexp-default-function'.
+If point is inside code, use tree-sitter functions with the
+following behavior.  If there are no further sexps to move across,
+signal `scan-error' like `forward-sexp' does.  If point is already
+at top-level, return nil without moving point.
+
+What constitutes as text and source code sexp is determined
+by `text' and `sexp' in `treesit-thing-settings'."
+  (interactive "^p")
+  (let* ((arg (or arg 1))
+         (pred 'sexp-list)
+         (default-pos
+          (condition-case _
+              (save-excursion
+                (forward-sexp-default-function arg)
+                (point))
+            (scan-error nil)))
+         (default-pos (unless (eq (point) default-pos) default-pos))
+         (sibling-pos
+          (when default-pos
+            (save-excursion
+              (and (if (> arg 0)
+                       (treesit-end-of-thing pred (abs arg) 'restricted)
+                     (treesit-beginning-of-thing pred (abs arg) 'restricted))
+                   (point)))))
+         (sibling (when sibling-pos
+                    (if (> arg 0)
+                        (treesit-thing-prev sibling-pos pred)
+                      (treesit-thing-next sibling-pos pred))))
+         (sibling (when (and sibling
+                             (if (> arg 0)
+                                 (<= (point) (treesit-node-start sibling))
+                               (>= (point) (treesit-node-start sibling))))
+                    sibling))
+         (current-thing (when default-pos
+                          (treesit-thing-at (point) pred t))))
+
+    ;; 'forward-sexp-default-function' should not go out of the current thing,
+    ;; neither go inside the next thing, neither go over the next thing
+    (or (when (and default-pos
+                   (or (null current-thing)
+                       (if (> arg 0)
+                           (< default-pos (treesit-node-end current-thing))
+                         (> default-pos (treesit-node-start current-thing))))
+                   (or (null sibling)
+                       (if (> arg 0)
+                           (<= default-pos (treesit-node-start sibling))
+                         (>= default-pos (treesit-node-end sibling)))))
+          (goto-char default-pos))
+        (treesit-forward-list arg))))
+
 (defun treesit-transpose-sexps (&optional arg)
   "Tree-sitter `transpose-sexps' function.
 ARG is the same as in `transpose-sexps'.
@@ -2857,7 +2909,7 @@ treesit-navigate-thing
           (if (eq tactic 'restricted)
               (setq pos (funcall
                          advance
-                         (cond ((and (null next) (null prev)) parent)
+                         (cond ((and (null next) (null prev) (not (eq thing 'sexp-list))) parent)
                                ((> arg 0) next)
                                (t prev))))
             ;; For `nested', it's a bit more work:
@@ -3254,6 +3306,9 @@ treesit-major-mode-setup
     (setq-local forward-sexp-function #'treesit-forward-sexp)
     (setq-local transpose-sexps-function #'treesit-transpose-sexps))
 
+  (when (treesit-thing-defined-p 'sexp-list nil)
+    (setq-local forward-sexp-function #'treesit-forward-sexp-list))
+
   (when (treesit-thing-defined-p 'sentence nil)
     (setq-local forward-sentence-function #'treesit-forward-sentence))