diff --git a/src/frontend/inpcom.c b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
index 3c46e5daa..789973e42 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inpcom.c
+++ b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
@@ -1398,17 +1398,13 @@ inp_add_control_section(struct line *deck, int *line_number)
             found_control = FALSE;
 
             if (!found_run) {
-                // prev_card->li_next === c
-                prev_card->li_next = xx_new_line(c, copy("run"), (*line_number)++, 0);
-                prev_card = prev_card->li_next;
-                // again: prev_card->li_next === c
+                prev_card = prev_card->li_next = xx_new_line(prev_card->li_next, copy("run"), (*line_number)++, 0);
                 found_run = TRUE;
             }
 
             if (cp_getvar("rawfile", CP_STRING, rawfile)) {
                 line = tprintf("write %s", rawfile);
-                prev_card->li_next = xx_new_line(c, line, (*line_number)++, 0);
-                prev_card = prev_card->li_next;
+                prev_card = prev_card->li_next = xx_new_line(prev_card->li_next, line, (*line_number)++, 0);
             }
         }