diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 949d74ea0ce4..8e503fec1fba 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ static inline void __run_timers(struct tvec_base *base)
 					!cascade(base, &base->tv4, INDEX(2)))
 			cascade(base, &base->tv5, INDEX(3));
 		++base->timer_jiffies;
-		list_replace_init(base->tv1.vec + index, &work_list);
+		list_replace_init(base->tv1.vec + index, head);
 		while (!list_empty(head)) {
 			void (*fn)(unsigned long);
 			unsigned long data;