diff --git a/libtransmission/session.c b/libtransmission/session.c
index 6d0caf569..9e419ef27 100644
--- a/libtransmission/session.c
+++ b/libtransmission/session.c
@@ -1881,7 +1881,7 @@ tr_sessionLoadTorrents( tr_session * session,
                 tr_ctorSetMetainfoFromFile( ctor, path );
                 if(( tor = tr_torrentNew( ctor, NULL )))
                 {
-                    tr_list_append( &list, tor );
+                    tr_list_prepend( &list, tor );
                     ++n;
                 }
                 tr_free( path );
diff --git a/libtransmission/torrent.c b/libtransmission/torrent.c
index 633a82360..72572a9ae 100644
--- a/libtransmission/torrent.c
+++ b/libtransmission/torrent.c
@@ -869,17 +869,14 @@ torrentInit( tr_torrent * tor, const tr_ctor * ctor )
     }
 
     /* add the torrent to tr_session.torrentList */
-    {
-        tr_torrent * it = NULL;
-        tr_torrent * last = NULL;
-        while(( it = tr_torrentNext( session, it )))
-            last = it;
-
-        if( !last )
-            session->torrentList = tor;
-        else
-            last->next = tor;
-        ++session->torrentCount;
+    ++session->torrentCount;
+    if( session->torrentList == NULL )
+        session->torrentList = tor;
+    else {
+        tr_torrent * it = session->torrentList;
+        while( it->next != NULL )
+            it = it->next;
+        it->next = tor;
     }
 
     /* if we don't have a local .torrent file already, assume the torrent is new */