diff --git a/src/journal/mmap-cache.c b/src/journal/mmap-cache.c
index 5dfda73c56..89f4a1df64 100644
--- a/src/journal/mmap-cache.c
+++ b/src/journal/mmap-cache.c
@@ -503,9 +503,7 @@ static int add_mmap(
         if (!w)
                 goto outofmem;
 
-        context_detach_window(c);
-        c->window = w;
-        LIST_PREPEND(by_window, w->contexts, c);
+        context_attach_window(c, w);
 
         *ret = (uint8_t*) w->ptr + (offset - w->offset);
         return 1;