diff --git a/src/frontend/inpcom.c b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
index 2ab8eda34..2f68b55de 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inpcom.c
+++ b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
@@ -2418,10 +2418,9 @@ expand_section_ref(struct line *c, char *dir_name)
 
         /* insert the library section definition into `c' */
         {
-            struct line *rest = c->li_next;
             struct line *t = section_def;
             for (; t; t=t->li_next) {
-                c = c->li_next = xx_new_line(NULL, copy(t->li_line), t->li_linenum, t->li_linenum_orig);
+                c = c->li_next = xx_new_line(c->li_next, copy(t->li_line), t->li_linenum, t->li_linenum_orig);
                 if (t == section_def) {
                     c->li_line[0] = '*';
                     c->li_line[1] = '<';
@@ -2435,7 +2434,6 @@ expand_section_ref(struct line *c, char *dir_name)
             }
             c->li_line[0] = '*';
             c->li_line[1] = '>';
-            c->li_next = rest;
 
             c = c;
         }