diff --git a/src/adlist.c b/src/adlist.c
index 66d31b168..f031c46e8 100644
--- a/src/adlist.c
+++ b/src/adlist.c
@@ -126,16 +126,7 @@ list *listAddNodeTail(list *list, void *value)
     if ((node = zmalloc(sizeof(*node))) == NULL)
         return NULL;
     node->value = value;
-    if (list->len == 0) {
-        list->head = list->tail = node;
-        node->prev = node->next = NULL;
-    } else {
-        node->prev = list->tail;
-        node->next = NULL;
-        list->tail->next = node;
-        list->tail = node;
-    }
-    list->len++;
+    listLinkNodeTail(list, node);
     return list;
 }