diff --git a/criu/include/mount.h b/criu/include/mount.h
index b959d131c..f180fe58d 100644
--- a/criu/include/mount.h
+++ b/criu/include/mount.h
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ struct mount_info {
 };
 
 extern struct mount_info *mntinfo;
+
+extern void mntinfo_add_list_before(struct mount_info **head, struct mount_info *new);
+
 extern struct ns_desc mnt_ns_desc;
 #ifdef CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC_VIRTUALIZED
 extern int collect_binfmt_misc(void);
diff --git a/criu/mount.c b/criu/mount.c
index c301aaeeb..7035d992a 100644
--- a/criu/mount.c
+++ b/criu/mount.c
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ static void mntinfo_add_list(struct mount_info *new)
 	}
 }
 
+void mntinfo_add_list_before(struct mount_info **head, struct mount_info *new)
+{
+	new->next = *head;
+	*head = new;
+}
+
 static struct mount_info *__lookup_overlayfs(struct mount_info *list, char *rpath, unsigned int st_dev,
 					     unsigned int st_ino, unsigned int mnt_id)
 {
@@ -1527,8 +1533,6 @@ static __maybe_unused int add_cr_time_mount(struct mount_info *root, char *fsnam
 	mi->nsid = parent->nsid;
 	mi->parent = parent;
 	mi->parent_mnt_id = parent->mnt_id;
-	mi->next = parent->next;
-	parent->next = mi;
 	list_add(&mi->siblings, &parent->children);
 	pr_info("Add cr-time mountpoint %s with parent %s(%u)\n", mi->mountpoint, parent->mountpoint, parent->mnt_id);
 	return 0;
@@ -3015,8 +3019,7 @@ static int collect_mnt_from_image(struct mount_info **head, struct mount_info **
 			goto err;
 
 		pm->nsid = nsid;
-		pm->next = *head;
-		*head = pm;
+		mntinfo_add_list_before(head, pm);
 		if (!*tail)
 			*tail = pm;
 
diff --git a/criu/proc_parse.c b/criu/proc_parse.c
index f7abd4d52..7955d50a6 100644
--- a/criu/proc_parse.c
+++ b/criu/proc_parse.c
@@ -1651,10 +1651,8 @@ struct mount_info *parse_mountinfo(pid_t pid, struct ns_id *nsid, bool for_dump)
 		if (fsname)
 			free(fsname);
 
-		if (new) {
-			new->next = list;
-			list = new;
-		}
+		if (new)
+			mntinfo_add_list_before(&list, new);
 
 		if (ret)
 			goto err;