diff --git a/buffer.c b/buffer.c
index 7cca0e8a..f378b731 100644
--- a/buffer.c
+++ b/buffer.c
@@ -1732,7 +1732,11 @@ evbuffer_add(struct evbuffer *buf, const void *data_in, size_t datlen)
 		goto done;
 	}
 
-	chain = buf->last;
+	if (*buf->last_with_datap == NULL) {
+		chain = buf->last;
+	} else {
+		chain = *buf->last_with_datap;
+	}
 
 	/* If there are no chains allocated for this buffer, allocate one
 	 * big enough to hold all the data. */