diff --git a/src/sink.c b/src/sink.c
index 896019a..8b6904e 100644
--- a/src/sink.c
+++ b/src/sink.c
@@ -1023,8 +1023,8 @@
 	/* the servers are linked backwards
 	 * first into proxy
 	 */
-	p->srv = srv;
 	srv->next = p->srv;
+	p->srv = srv;
 
 	/* allocate sink_forward_target descriptor */
 	sft = calloc(1, sizeof(*sft));