Index: src/files.c
===================================================================
--- src/files.c	(revision 5649)
+++ src/files.c	(working copy)
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@
      * move to it. */
     if (openfile == NULL) {
 	openfile = make_new_opennode();
-	splice_opennode(openfile, openfile, openfile);
+	splice_opennode(openfile, openfile);
     /* Otherwise, make a new entry for openfile, splice it in after
      * the current entry, and move to it. */
     } else {
-	splice_opennode(openfile, make_new_opennode(), openfile->next);
+	splice_opennode(openfile, make_new_opennode());
 	openfile = openfile->next;
 	/* More than one file open, show Close in help lines. */
 	exitfunc->desc = close_tag;
Index: src/nano.c
===================================================================
--- src/nano.c	(revision 5649)
+++ src/nano.c	(working copy)
@@ -525,18 +525,16 @@
     return (openfilestruct *)nmalloc(sizeof(openfilestruct));
 }
 
-/* Splice a node into an existing openfilestruct. */
-void splice_opennode(openfilestruct *begin, openfilestruct *newnode,
-	openfilestruct *end)
+/* Splice a node into an existing linked list of openfilestructs. */
+void splice_opennode(openfilestruct *afterthis, openfilestruct *newnode)
 {
-    assert(newnode != NULL && begin != NULL);
+    assert(newnode != NULL && afterthis != NULL);
 
-    newnode->next = end;
-    newnode->prev = begin;
-    begin->next = newnode;
-
-    if (end != NULL)
-	end->prev = newnode;
+    newnode->next = afterthis->next;
+    newnode->prev = afterthis;
+    if (afterthis->next != NULL)
+	afterthis->next->prev = newnode;
+    afterthis->next = newnode;
 }
 
 /* Unlink a node from the rest of the openfilestruct, and delete it. */
Index: src/proto.h
===================================================================
--- src/proto.h	(revision 5649)
+++ src/proto.h	(working copy)
@@ -447,8 +447,7 @@
 	filestruct *top, size_t top_x, filestruct *bot, size_t bot_x);
 void copy_from_filestruct(filestruct *somebuffer);
 openfilestruct *make_new_opennode(void);
-void splice_opennode(openfilestruct *begin, openfilestruct *newnode,
-	openfilestruct *end);
+void splice_opennode(openfilestruct *afterthis, openfilestruct *newnode);
 void unlink_opennode(openfilestruct *fileptr);
 void delete_opennode(openfilestruct *fileptr);
 #ifdef DEBUG