diff --git a/src/frontend/inpcom.c b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
index 0a8d56b47..da49833cd 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inpcom.c
+++ b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
@@ -1354,9 +1354,8 @@ inp_chk_for_multi_in_vcvs(struct line *c, int *line_number)
                 next_card   = c->li_next;
                 a_card = xx_new_line(NULL, m_instance, (*line_number)++, 0);
                 c->li_next  = a_card;
-                model_card = xx_new_line(NULL, m_model, (*line_number)++, 0);
+                model_card = xx_new_line(next_card, m_model, (*line_number)++, 0);
                 a_card->li_next     = model_card;
-                model_card->li_next = next_card;
                 // skip these two new cards
                 c = model_card;
             }