diff --git a/include/asterisk/linkedlists.h b/include/asterisk/linkedlists.h
index 70a5cdcae6..a8d90ecbe6 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/linkedlists.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/linkedlists.h
@@ -686,6 +686,9 @@ struct {								\
   \param list This is a pointer to the list to be appended.
   \param field This is the name of the field (declared using AST_LIST_ENTRY())
   used to link entries of this list together.
+
+  Note: The source list (the \a list parameter) will be empty after
+  calling this macro (the list entries are \b moved to the target list).
  */
 #define AST_LIST_APPEND_LIST(head, list, field) do {			\
       if (!(head)->first) {						\
@@ -695,6 +698,8 @@ struct {								\
 		(head)->last->field.next = (list)->first;		\
 		(head)->last = (list)->last;				\
       }									\
+      (list)->first = NULL;						\
+      (list)->last = NULL;						\
 } while (0)
 
 #define AST_RWLIST_APPEND_LIST AST_LIST_APPEND_LIST
diff --git a/main/channel.c b/main/channel.c
index 76e3af2903..9d9da80b48 100644
--- a/main/channel.c
+++ b/main/channel.c
@@ -3579,7 +3579,6 @@ static void clone_variables(struct ast_channel *original, struct ast_channel *cl
 	/* XXX Is this always correct?  We have to in order to keep MACROS working XXX */
 	if (AST_LIST_FIRST(&clone->varshead))
 		AST_LIST_APPEND_LIST(&original->varshead, &clone->varshead, entries);
-	AST_LIST_HEAD_INIT_NOLOCK(&clone->varshead);
 
 	/* then, dup the varshead list into the clone */