diff --git a/src/lib/eina/eina_inlist.h b/src/lib/eina/eina_inlist.h
index ccca63e4f9..dd2fd733c6 100644
--- a/src/lib/eina/eina_inlist.h
+++ b/src/lib/eina/eina_inlist.h
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ EAPI Eina_Inlist *eina_inlist_sort(Eina_Inlist *head, Eina_Compare_Cb func);
 #define EINA_INLIST_FOREACH_SAFE(list, list2, it) \
    for (it = NULL, it = (list ? _EINA_INLIST_CONTAINER(it, list) : NULL), list2 = it ? EINA_INLIST_GET(it)->next : NULL; \
         it; \
-        it = list2 ? _EINA_INLIST_CONTAINER(it, list2) : NULL, list2 = list2 ? list2->next : NULL)
+        it = NULL, it = list2 ? _EINA_INLIST_CONTAINER(it, list2) : NULL, list2 = list2 ? list2->next : NULL)
 
 /**
  * @def EINA_INLIST_REVERSE_FOREACH