diff --git a/debug_toolbar/panels/request.py b/debug_toolbar/panels/request.py
index 5255624b2..966301d97 100644
--- a/debug_toolbar/panels/request.py
+++ b/debug_toolbar/panels/request.py
@@ -61,9 +61,11 @@ def generate_stats(self, request, response):
         if hasattr(request, "session"):
             self.record_stats(
                 {
-                    "session": [
-                        (k, request.session.get(k))
-                        for k in sorted(request.session.keys())
-                    ]
+                    "session": {
+                        "list": [
+                            (k, request.session.get(k))
+                            for k in sorted(request.session.keys())
+                        ]
+                    }
                 }
             )
diff --git a/debug_toolbar/static/debug_toolbar/css/toolbar.css b/debug_toolbar/static/debug_toolbar/css/toolbar.css
index 2d36049f1..a105bfd11 100644
--- a/debug_toolbar/static/debug_toolbar/css/toolbar.css
+++ b/debug_toolbar/static/debug_toolbar/css/toolbar.css
@@ -591,6 +591,13 @@
 #djDebug .djdt-stack pre.djdt-locals {
     margin: 0 27px 27px 27px;
 }
+#djDebug .djdt-raw {
+    background-color: #fff;
+    border: 1px solid #ccc;
+    margin-top: 0.8em;
+    padding: 5px;
+    white-space: pre-wrap;
+}
 
 #djDebug .djdt-width-20 {
     width: 20%;
diff --git a/debug_toolbar/templates/debug_toolbar/panels/request.html b/debug_toolbar/templates/debug_toolbar/panels/request.html
index 3f9b068be..076d5f74f 100644
--- a/debug_toolbar/templates/debug_toolbar/panels/request.html
+++ b/debug_toolbar/templates/debug_toolbar/panels/request.html
@@ -20,28 +20,28 @@ <h4>{% trans "View information" %}</h4>
   </tbody>
 </table>
 
-{% if cookies %}
+{% if cookies.list or cookies.raw %}
   <h4>{% trans "Cookies" %}</h4>
   {% include 'debug_toolbar/panels/request_variables.html' with variables=cookies %}
 {% else %}
   <h4>{% trans "No cookies" %}</h4>
 {% endif %}
 
-{% if session %}
+{% if session.list or session.raw %}
   <h4>{% trans "Session data" %}</h4>
   {% include 'debug_toolbar/panels/request_variables.html' with variables=session %}
 {% else %}
   <h4>{% trans "No session data" %}</h4>
 {% endif %}
 
-{% if get %}
+{% if get.list or get.raw %}
   <h4>{% trans "GET data" %}</h4>
   {% include 'debug_toolbar/panels/request_variables.html' with variables=get %}
 {% else %}
   <h4>{% trans "No GET data" %}</h4>
 {% endif %}
 
-{% if post %}
+{% if post.list or post.raw %}
   <h4>{% trans "POST data" %}</h4>
   {% include 'debug_toolbar/panels/request_variables.html' with variables=post %}
 {% else %}
diff --git a/debug_toolbar/templates/debug_toolbar/panels/request_variables.html b/debug_toolbar/templates/debug_toolbar/panels/request_variables.html
index 7e9118c7d..92200f867 100644
--- a/debug_toolbar/templates/debug_toolbar/panels/request_variables.html
+++ b/debug_toolbar/templates/debug_toolbar/panels/request_variables.html
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {% load i18n %}
 
+{% if variables.list %}
 <table>
   <colgroup>
     <col class="djdt-width-20">
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@
     </tr>
   </thead>
   <tbody>
-    {% for key, value in variables %}
+    {% for key, value in variables.list %}
       <tr>
         <td><code>{{ key|pprint }}</code></td>
         <td><code>{{ value|pprint }}</code></td>
@@ -20,3 +21,6 @@
     {% endfor %}
   </tbody>
 </table>
+{% elif variables.raw %}
+<code class="djdt-raw">{{ variables.raw|pprint }}</code>
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/debug_toolbar/utils.py b/debug_toolbar/utils.py
index 6b80c5af0..cc90cf4db 100644
--- a/debug_toolbar/utils.py
+++ b/debug_toolbar/utils.py
@@ -231,12 +231,16 @@ def getframeinfo(frame, context=1):
 
 def get_sorted_request_variable(variable):
     """
-    Get a sorted list of variables from the request data.
+    Get a data structure for showing a sorted list of variables from the
+    request data.
     """
-    if isinstance(variable, dict):
-        return [(k, variable.get(k)) for k in sorted(variable)]
-    else:
-        return [(k, variable.getlist(k)) for k in sorted(variable)]
+    try:
+        if isinstance(variable, dict):
+            return {"list": [(k, variable.get(k)) for k in sorted(variable)]}
+        else:
+            return {"list": [(k, variable.getlist(k)) for k in sorted(variable)]}
+    except TypeError:
+        return {"raw": variable}
 
 
 def get_stack(context=1):
diff --git a/docs/changes.rst b/docs/changes.rst
index e4256d11d..83e8fe9aa 100644
--- a/docs/changes.rst
+++ b/docs/changes.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ Change log
 
 * Removed third party panels which have been archived on GitHub.
 * Added Django 4.1a1 to the CI matrix.
+* Stopped crashing when ``request.GET`` and ``request.POST`` are neither
+  dictionaries nor ``QueryDict`` instances. Using anything but ``QueryDict``
+  instances isn't a valid use of Django but, again, django-debug-toolbar
+  shouldn't crash.
 
 3.4.0 (2022-05-03)
 ------------------
diff --git a/tests/panels/test_request.py b/tests/panels/test_request.py
index 1d2a33c56..8087203c3 100644
--- a/tests/panels/test_request.py
+++ b/tests/panels/test_request.py
@@ -85,6 +85,19 @@ def test_dict_for_request_in_method_post(self):
         self.assertIn("foo", content)
         self.assertIn("bar", content)
 
+    def test_list_for_request_in_method_post(self):
+        """
+        Verify that the toolbar doesn't crash if request.POST contains unexpected data.
+
+        See https://github.com/jazzband/django-debug-toolbar/issues/1621
+        """
+        self.request.POST = [{"a": 1}, {"b": 2}]
+        response = self.panel.process_request(self.request)
+        self.panel.generate_stats(self.request, response)
+        # ensure the panel POST request data is processed correctly.
+        content = self.panel.content
+        self.assertIn("[{&#x27;a&#x27;: 1}, {&#x27;b&#x27;: 2}]", content)
+
     def test_namespaced_url(self):
         self.request.path = "/admin/login/"
         response = self.panel.process_request(self.request)