diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
index bfdb568ac6b88c59acdc0db028866820b529d482..ba3f3f3d48efcb27b34b1aa6be1786d6839751c3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ static void netvsc_link_change(struct work_struct *w)
 			netif_tx_stop_all_queues(net);
 			event->event = RNDIS_STATUS_MEDIA_CONNECT;
 			spin_lock_irqsave(&ndev_ctx->lock, flags);
-			list_add_tail(&event->list, &ndev_ctx->reconfig_events);
+			list_add(&event->list, &ndev_ctx->reconfig_events);
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ndev_ctx->lock, flags);
 			reschedule = true;
 		}