diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index 69e846ffc2eedac6be52e76fc64e6e9361239e21..450e0c894a4306cc706c7333c710747482362dc3 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-10-03  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+	* java/lang/ref/natReference.cc (add_to_hash): Set n->next before
+	setting *link.
+
 2001-10-03  Bryce McKinlay  <bryce@waitaki.otago.ac.nz>
 
 	* resolve.cc (_Jv_PrepareClass): Fix typos in vtable layout.
diff --git a/libjava/java/lang/ref/natReference.cc b/libjava/java/lang/ref/natReference.cc
index 8e316ee38506a1b85ad921a0c596ec66825e49ac..5743349caafc5b754ccd0f32eacfc48fa7c0301d 100644
--- a/libjava/java/lang/ref/natReference.cc
+++ b/libjava/java/lang/ref/natReference.cc
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ add_to_hash (java::lang::ref::Reference *the_reference)
       link = &iter->next;
       iter = *link;
     }
-  *link = n;
   n->next = (*link) ? (*link)->next : NULL;
+  *link = n;
 }
 
 // This is called when an object is ready to be finalized.  This