diff --git a/roxie/ccd/ccdqueue.cpp b/roxie/ccd/ccdqueue.cpp
index ace0ff1da9d..1bd458b57cc 100644
--- a/roxie/ccd/ccdqueue.cpp
+++ b/roxie/ccd/ccdqueue.cpp
@@ -2218,7 +2218,7 @@ class DelayedPacketQueue
         if (tail)
         {
             tail->next = newEntry;
-            for (DelayedPacketEntry *finger = tail; finger != nullptr; finger = finger->prev)
+            for (DelayedPacketEntry *finger = tail; finger != nullptr;)
             {
                 if ((int) (finger->waitExpires - expires) <= 0)
                     break;