diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/core/ioctl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/core/ioctl.c
index 735cb6816f108cc7603d784eb866d65134a117d7..06b2f675f5da33560d27f61dd9c35d78f3c833a5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/core/ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/core/ioctl.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ nvkm_ioctl_new(struct nvkm_client *client,
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		ret = nvkm_object_init(object);
 		if (ret == 0) {
-			list_add(&object->head, &parent->tree);
+			list_add_tail(&object->head, &parent->tree);
 			if (nvkm_object_insert(object)) {
 				client->data = object;
 				return 0;