diff --git a/src/image/oci/storage/layer_store/layer_store.c b/src/image/oci/storage/layer_store/layer_store.c
index eb43750afdc8c133ece2453385c6da7ec53da1d1..8d0ccb2232ebba7fbe9c7b1dac54aadeff60f4e4 100644
--- a/src/image/oci/storage/layer_store/layer_store.c
+++ b/src/image/oci/storage/layer_store/layer_store.c
@@ -733,6 +733,7 @@ static int insert_digest_into_map(map_t *by_digest, const char *digest, const ch
             ERROR("Out of memory");
             return -1;
         }
+        linked_list_init(&(new_list->layer_list));
         old_list = new_list;
     }