Merge Two Sorted Lists

/**
 * Definition for singly-linked list.
 * public class ListNode {
 *     int val;
 *     ListNode next;
 *     ListNode(int x) {
 *         val = x;
 *         next = null;
 *     }
 * }
 */
public class Solution {
    public ListNode mergeTwoLists(ListNode l1, ListNode l2) {
        if(l1 == null) return l2;
        if(l2 == null) return l1;
        
        ListNode head = new ListNode(-1);
        ListNode p = head;
        while(l1 != null && l2 != null){
            if(l1.val <= l2.val){
                p.next = l1;
                l1 =l1.next;
            }else{
                p.next = l2;
                l2 = l2.next;
            }
            p = p.next;
        }
        
        if(l1 != null){
            p.next = l1;
            p = p.next;
        }
        
        if(l2 != null){
            p.next = l2;
            p = p.next;
        }
        
        return head.next;
    }
}