diff --git a/device_mapper/libdm-report.c b/device_mapper/libdm-report.c
index aabd03b14..2a0036035 100644
--- a/device_mapper/libdm-report.c
+++ b/device_mapper/libdm-report.c
@@ -4416,8 +4416,9 @@ static int _sort_rows(struct dm_report *rh)
 	qsort(rows, count, sizeof(**rows), _row_compare);
 
 	dm_list_init(&rh->rows);
-	while (count--)
-		dm_list_add_h(&rh->rows, &(*rows)[count]->list);
+
+	while (count > 0)
+		dm_list_add_h(&rh->rows, &(*rows)[--count]->list);
 
 	return 1;
 }
diff --git a/libdm/libdm-report.c b/libdm/libdm-report.c
index c015a57fe..863463c84 100644
--- a/libdm/libdm-report.c
+++ b/libdm/libdm-report.c
@@ -4415,8 +4415,9 @@ static int _sort_rows(struct dm_report *rh)
 	qsort(rows, count, sizeof(**rows), _row_compare);
 
 	dm_list_init(&rh->rows);
-	while (count--)
-		dm_list_add_h(&rh->rows, &(*rows)[count]->list);
+
+	while (count > 0)
+		dm_list_add_h(&rh->rows, &(*rows)[--count]->list);
 
 	return 1;
 }