diff --git a/nptl/ChangeLog b/nptl/ChangeLog
index e25da8b640..1fa74054dc 100644
--- a/nptl/ChangeLog
+++ b/nptl/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-01-08  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
+
+	* sysdeps/pthread/list.h (list_add): Initialize new element first.
+	(list_add_tail): Removed.
+
 2009-01-04  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
 
 	* init.c (__pthread_initialize_minimal_internal): Optimize test
diff --git a/nptl/sysdeps/pthread/list.h b/nptl/sysdeps/pthread/list.h
index 43186a2d51..6ddccb9fb9 100644
--- a/nptl/sysdeps/pthread/list.h
+++ b/nptl/sysdeps/pthread/list.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 2002, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
    Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 2002.
 
@@ -46,24 +46,13 @@ typedef struct list_head
 static inline void
 list_add (list_t *newp, list_t *head)
 {
-  head->next->prev = newp;
   newp->next = head->next;
   newp->prev = head;
+  head->next->prev = newp;
   head->next = newp;
 }
 
 
-/* Add new element at the tail of the list.  */
-static inline void
-list_add_tail (list_t *newp, list_t *head)
-{
-  head->prev->next = newp;
-  newp->next = head;
-  newp->prev = head->prev;
-  head->prev = newp;
-}
-
-
 /* Remove element from list.  */
 static inline void
 list_del (list_t *elem)