diff --git a/linux-user/main.c b/linux-user/main.c
index b6da0ba1e2..150a356e8d 100644
--- a/linux-user/main.c
+++ b/linux-user/main.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ void fork_end(int child)
            Discard information about the parent threads.  */
         CPU_FOREACH_SAFE(cpu, next_cpu) {
             if (cpu != thread_cpu) {
-                QTAILQ_REMOVE(&cpus, thread_cpu, node);
+                QTAILQ_REMOVE(&cpus, cpu, node);
             }
         }
         pending_cpus = 0;