diff --git a/src/core/cgroup.c b/src/core/cgroup.c
index 031b28a684..f146f65055 100644
--- a/src/core/cgroup.c
+++ b/src/core/cgroup.c
@@ -2112,7 +2112,7 @@ void unit_add_to_cgroup_realize_queue(Unit *u) {
         if (u->in_cgroup_realize_queue)
                 return;
 
-        LIST_PREPEND(cgroup_realize_queue, u->manager->cgroup_realize_queue, u);
+        LIST_APPEND(cgroup_realize_queue, u->manager->cgroup_realize_queue, u);
         u->in_cgroup_realize_queue = true;
 }