diff --git a/include/etl/intrusive_links.h b/include/etl/intrusive_links.h
index 1ca2479e6..9c0e471c0 100644
--- a/include/etl/intrusive_links.h
+++ b/include/etl/intrusive_links.h
@@ -945,8 +945,7 @@ namespace etl
   {
     TLink* current = &first;
     ((current->etl_next = &links, static_cast<TLink&>(links).etl_previous = current, current = &links), ...);
-    current->etl_next = ETL_NULLPTR;
-
+ 
     return current;
   }
 
@@ -959,12 +958,10 @@ namespace etl
   {
     TLink* current = first;
     ((current->etl_next = links, static_cast<TLink*>(links)->etl_previous = current, current = links), ...);
-    current->etl_next = ETL_NULLPTR;
 
     return current;
   }
 #elif ETL_USING_CPP11
-
   //***************************************************************************
   /// Create a linked list from a number of bidirectional_link nodes.
   //***************************************************************************