diff --git a/include/asterisk/linkedlists.h b/include/asterisk/linkedlists.h
index 257a4688d0..b503f5b757 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/linkedlists.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/linkedlists.h
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ struct {								\
 		while (curelm && (curelm->field.next != (elm)))			\
 			curelm = curelm->field.next;			\
 		if (curelm) { \
-			__res = curelm; \
+			__res = (elm); \
 			curelm->field.next = (elm)->field.next;			\
 			if ((head)->last == (elm))				\
 				(head)->last = curelm;				\