diff --git a/src/event.c b/src/event.c
index 09aa8edaffc183a1c6c9f6dc99684908d328fcb9..032745fdb762cf322a863934409a1d199847da7f 100644
--- a/src/event.c
+++ b/src/event.c
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ static void *event_run_thread (void *arg) {
         if (event_queue) {
             event = event_queue;
             event_queue = event_queue->next;
+            event->next = NULL;
         } else {
             event = NULL;
         }