diff --git a/coreapi/friendlist.c b/coreapi/friendlist.c
index edc559dcf..b39cecfb8 100644
--- a/coreapi/friendlist.c
+++ b/coreapi/friendlist.c
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ LinphoneFriendListStatus linphone_friend_list_import_friend(LinphoneFriendList *
 	}
 	lf->friend_list = list;
 	lf->lc = list->lc;
-	list->friends = bctbx_list_append(list->friends, linphone_friend_ref(lf));
+	list->friends = bctbx_list_prepend(list->friends, linphone_friend_ref(lf));
 	if (lf->refkey) {
 		bctbx_pair_t *pair = (bctbx_pair_t*) bctbx_pair_cchar_new(lf->refkey, linphone_friend_ref(lf));
 		bctbx_map_cchar_insert_and_delete(list->friends_map, pair);