diff --git a/include/qemu/queue.h b/include/qemu/queue.h
index f781aa20a83ee1d05f01fcaf87cfb1039c4ff0eb..a8d3cb8e6300542b7bcce5db3c672ddcdad8b10a 100644
--- a/include/qemu/queue.h
+++ b/include/qemu/queue.h
@@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ struct {                                                                \
         }                                                               \
 } while (/*CONSTCOND*/0)
 
+#define QLIST_FIX_HEAD_PTR(head, field) do {                            \
+        if ((head)->lh_first != NULL) {                                 \
+            (head)->lh_first->field.le_prev = &(head)->lh_first;        \
+        }                                                               \
+} while (/*CONSTCOND*/0)
+
 #define QLIST_INSERT_AFTER(listelm, elm, field) do {                    \
         if (((elm)->field.le_next = (listelm)->field.le_next) != NULL)  \
                 (listelm)->field.le_next->field.le_prev =               \