diff --git a/libcnary/node_list.c b/libcnary/node_list.c
index a45457d..b0dca0a 100644
--- a/libcnary/node_list.c
+++ b/libcnary/node_list.c
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@
 				// we just removed the first element
 				if (newnode) {
 					newnode->prev = NULL;
+				} else {
+					list->end = NULL;
 				}
 				list->begin = newnode;
 			}