diff --git a/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con.c b/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con.c
index 6d1c97b58b..22dd887dc1 100644
--- a/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con.c
+++ b/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con.c
@@ -372,6 +372,8 @@ ecore_con_server_add(Ecore_Con_Type compl_type,
    svr->clients = NULL;
    svr->ppid = getpid();
 
+   servers = eina_list_append(servers, svr);
+
    svr->name = strdup(name);
    if (!svr->name)
      goto error;
@@ -409,8 +411,6 @@ ecore_con_server_add(Ecore_Con_Type compl_type,
                                     svr))
        goto error;
 
-   servers = eina_list_append(servers, svr);
-
    return svr;
 
 error:
@@ -449,6 +449,8 @@ ecore_con_server_connect(Ecore_Con_Type compl_type,
    svr->clients = NULL;
    svr->client_limit = -1;
 
+   servers = eina_list_append(servers, svr);
+
    svr->name = strdup(name);
    if (!svr->name)
      goto error;
@@ -502,8 +504,6 @@ ecore_con_server_connect(Ecore_Con_Type compl_type,
      /* UDP and MCAST */
      EINA_SAFETY_ON_FALSE_GOTO(ecore_con_info_udp_connect(svr, _ecore_con_cb_udp_connect, svr), error);
 
-   servers = eina_list_append(servers, svr);
-
    return svr;
 
 error: