diff --git a/include/qemu/queue.h b/include/qemu/queue.h
index 80941506ce..f781aa20a8 100644
--- a/include/qemu/queue.h
+++ b/include/qemu/queue.h
@@ -197,11 +197,12 @@ struct {                                                                \
         (head)->slh_first = (elm);                                       \
 } while (/*CONSTCOND*/0)
 
-#define QSLIST_INSERT_HEAD_ATOMIC(head, elm, field) do {                   \
-        do {                                                               \
-            (elm)->field.sle_next = (head)->slh_first;                     \
-        } while (atomic_cmpxchg(&(head)->slh_first, (elm)->field.sle_next, \
-                               (elm)) != (elm)->field.sle_next);           \
+#define QSLIST_INSERT_HEAD_ATOMIC(head, elm, field) do {                     \
+        typeof(elm) save_sle_next;                                           \
+        do {                                                                 \
+            save_sle_next = (elm)->field.sle_next = (head)->slh_first;       \
+        } while (atomic_cmpxchg(&(head)->slh_first, save_sle_next, (elm)) != \
+                 save_sle_next);                                             \
 } while (/*CONSTCOND*/0)
 
 #define QSLIST_MOVE_ATOMIC(dest, src) do {                               \