diff --git a/WHATS_NEW_DM b/WHATS_NEW_DM
index d60b35f4a..5ab34c1ce 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW_DM
+++ b/WHATS_NEW_DM
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 1.02.91 - 
 ====================================
+  Add DM_LIST_HEAD_INIT macro to libdevmapper.h
   Fix dm_is_dm_major to not issue error about missing /proc lines for dm module.
 
 Version 1.02.90 - 1st September 2014
diff --git a/libdm/libdevmapper.h b/libdm/libdevmapper.h
index 31574af46..76c4eee58 100644
--- a/libdm/libdevmapper.h
+++ b/libdm/libdevmapper.h
@@ -1200,7 +1200,8 @@ struct dm_str_list {
  * Initialise a list before use.
  * The list head's next and previous pointers point back to itself.
  */
-#define DM_LIST_INIT(name)	struct dm_list name = { &(name), &(name) }
+#define DM_LIST_HEAD_INIT(name)	 { &(name), &(name) }
+#define DM_LIST_INIT(name)	struct dm_list name = DM_LIST_HEAD_INIT(name)
 void dm_list_init(struct dm_list *head);
 
 /*