diff --git a/gnucash/gnome-utils/gnc-tree-model-split-reg.c b/gnucash/gnome-utils/gnc-tree-model-split-reg.c
index c333b48b0d..8f911df383 100644
--- a/gnucash/gnome-utils/gnc-tree-model-split-reg.c
+++ b/gnucash/gnome-utils/gnc-tree-model-split-reg.c
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ gtm_sr_foreach_func (GtkTreeModel *model,
     g_assert ( rowref_list != NULL );
 
     rowref = gtk_tree_row_reference_new (model, path);
-    *rowref_list = g_list_append (*rowref_list, rowref);
+    *rowref_list = g_list_prepend (*rowref_list, rowref);
 
     return FALSE; /* do not stop walking the store, call us with next row */
 }
@@ -530,8 +530,6 @@ gtm_sr_remove_all_rows (GncTreeModelSplitReg *model)
 
     gtk_tree_model_foreach (GTK_TREE_MODEL(model), (GtkTreeModelForeachFunc)gtm_sr_foreach_func, &rr_list);
 
-    rr_list = g_list_reverse (rr_list);
-
     for ( node = rr_list;  node != NULL;  node = node->next )
     {
         GtkTreePath *path;