diff --git a/assert/assertions.go b/assert/assertions.go
index 1419e4776..1e9c914cb 100644
--- a/assert/assertions.go
+++ b/assert/assertions.go
@@ -1013,14 +1013,14 @@ func Subset(t TestingT, list, subset interface{}, msgAndArgs ...interface{}) (ok
 		return true // we consider nil to be equal to the nil set
 	}
 
-	listKind := reflect.TypeOf(list).Kind()
+	listKind := kindOfList(list)
 	if listKind != reflect.Array && listKind != reflect.Slice && listKind != reflect.Map {
-		return Fail(t, fmt.Sprintf("%q has an unsupported type %s", list, listKind), msgAndArgs...)
+		return Fail(t, unsupportedListTypeMessage(list, listKind), msgAndArgs...)
 	}
 
-	subsetKind := reflect.TypeOf(subset).Kind()
+	subsetKind := kindOfList(subset)
 	if subsetKind != reflect.Array && subsetKind != reflect.Slice && subsetKind != reflect.Map {
-		return Fail(t, fmt.Sprintf("%q has an unsupported type %s", subset, subsetKind), msgAndArgs...)
+		return Fail(t, unsupportedListTypeMessage(subset, subsetKind), msgAndArgs...)
 	}
 
 	if subsetKind == reflect.Map && listKind == reflect.Map {
@@ -1081,14 +1081,14 @@ func NotSubset(t TestingT, list, subset interface{}, msgAndArgs ...interface{})
 		return Fail(t, "nil is the empty set which is a subset of every set", msgAndArgs...)
 	}
 
-	listKind := reflect.TypeOf(list).Kind()
+	listKind := kindOfList(list)
 	if listKind != reflect.Array && listKind != reflect.Slice && listKind != reflect.Map {
-		return Fail(t, fmt.Sprintf("%#v has an unsupported type %s", list, listKind), msgAndArgs...)
+		return Fail(t, unsupportedListTypeMessage(list, listKind), msgAndArgs...)
 	}
 
-	subsetKind := reflect.TypeOf(subset).Kind()
+	subsetKind := kindOfList(subset)
 	if subsetKind != reflect.Array && subsetKind != reflect.Slice && subsetKind != reflect.Map {
-		return Fail(t, fmt.Sprintf("%#v has an unsupported type %s", subset, subsetKind), msgAndArgs...)
+		return Fail(t, unsupportedListTypeMessage(subset, subsetKind), msgAndArgs...)
 	}
 
 	if subsetKind == reflect.Map && listKind == reflect.Map {
@@ -1132,6 +1132,21 @@ func NotSubset(t TestingT, list, subset interface{}, msgAndArgs ...interface{})
 	return Fail(t, fmt.Sprintf("%s is a subset of %s", truncatingFormat("%#v", subset), truncatingFormat("%#v", list)), msgAndArgs...)
 }
 
+func kindOfList(list interface{}) reflect.Kind {
+	listType := reflect.TypeOf(list)
+	if listType == nil {
+		return reflect.Invalid
+	}
+	return listType.Kind()
+}
+
+func unsupportedListTypeMessage(list interface{}, kind reflect.Kind) string {
+	if kind == reflect.Invalid {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%#v has an unsupported type <nil>", list)
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%#v has an unsupported type %s", list, kind)
+}
+
 // ElementsMatch asserts that the specified listA(array, slice...) is equal to specified
 // listB(array, slice...) ignoring the order of the elements. If there are duplicate elements,
 // the number of appearances of each of them in both lists should match.
diff --git a/assert/assertions_test.go b/assert/assertions_test.go
index 11642e096..906a87aab 100644
--- a/assert/assertions_test.go
+++ b/assert/assertions_test.go
@@ -1288,6 +1288,44 @@ func TestNotSubsetNil(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestSubsetNotSubsetWithNilList(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		name      string
+		assertion func(TestingT, interface{}, interface{}, ...interface{}) bool
+	}{
+		{"Subset", Subset},
+		{"NotSubset", NotSubset},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			mockT := new(mockTestingT)
+			var result bool
+
+			funcDidPanic, panicValue, _ := didPanic(func() {
+				result = tc.assertion(mockT, nil, []int{1})
+			})
+
+			False(t, funcDidPanic, "%s should not panic: %#v", tc.name, panicValue)
+			False(t, result)
+			Contains(t, mockT.errorString(), "<nil> has an unsupported type <nil>")
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSubsetFormatsUnsupportedNonStringListCorrectly(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	mockT := new(mockTestingT)
+	Subset(mockT, true, []bool{true})
+
+	errStr := mockT.errorString()
+	NotContains(t, errStr, "%!q", "Subset error message should not contain %%q formatting artifacts")
+	Contains(t, errStr, "true has an unsupported type bool")
+}
+
 func Test_containsElement(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()