diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-thin.c b/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
index 1988019df5c915132112773770f464d35b1c4e51..efa3d42ac70ad258ed37721e6d18556e8a268945 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ static void __maybe_add_mapping(struct dm_thin_new_mapping *m)
 	struct pool *pool = m->tc->pool;
 
 	if (m->quiesced && m->prepared) {
-		list_add(&m->list, &pool->prepared_mappings);
+		list_add_tail(&m->list, &pool->prepared_mappings);
 		wake_worker(pool);
 	}
 }
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ static void process_discard(struct thin_c *tc, struct bio *bio)
 
 			if (!dm_deferred_set_add_work(pool->all_io_ds, &m->list)) {
 				spin_lock_irqsave(&pool->lock, flags);
-				list_add(&m->list, &pool->prepared_discards);
+				list_add_tail(&m->list, &pool->prepared_discards);
 				spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
 				wake_worker(pool);
 			}
@@ -2919,7 +2919,7 @@ static int thin_endio(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio, int err)
 		if (!list_empty(&work)) {
 			spin_lock_irqsave(&pool->lock, flags);
 			list_for_each_entry_safe(m, tmp, &work, list)
-				list_add(&m->list, &pool->prepared_discards);
+				list_add_tail(&m->list, &pool->prepared_discards);
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
 			wake_worker(pool);
 		}