diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d69c3c31aba357f4a9a6fbd29083a680ab54438e..39b37030d6ead9f4acc34600a4969919223a3b14 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 	.mk as Makefiles.  Suggested by Emmanuel Bourg in Debian bug #804845.
 	* src/color.c (color_update): Tell the user when a syntax name given
 	on the command line does not exist.  This fixes Savannah bug #46503.
+	* src/nano.c (splice_node): Inserting a new node into a linked list
+	requires just two parameters: the insertion point and the new node.
 
 2015-11-23  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
 	* src/nano.c (main), src/winio.c (parse_kbinput): Make Ctrl+Left and
diff --git a/src/nano.c b/src/nano.c
index 2d75f2b658c3041df892c7cff5dbd07cac950934..d515380d047f0aa6215451ba15741ef1650ebe46 100644
--- a/src/nano.c
+++ b/src/nano.c
@@ -95,16 +95,15 @@ filestruct *copy_node(const filestruct *src)
 }
 
 /* Splice a node into an existing filestruct. */
-void splice_node(filestruct *begin, filestruct *newnode, filestruct
-	*end)
+void splice_node(filestruct *begin, filestruct *newnode)
 {
     assert(newnode != NULL && begin != NULL);
 
-    newnode->next = end;
+    newnode->next = begin->next;
     newnode->prev = begin;
+    if (begin->next != NULL)
+	begin->next->prev = newnode;
     begin->next = newnode;
-    if (end != NULL)
-	end->prev = newnode;
 }
 
 /* Unlink a node from the rest of the filestruct and delete it. */
diff --git a/src/proto.h b/src/proto.h
index e0a66b834559d1bd31d210e01349e1f06e8c076e..798ef12abcb17b4f0147a154922a9f9515271276 100644
--- a/src/proto.h
+++ b/src/proto.h
@@ -432,8 +432,7 @@ void do_right(void);
 /* All functions in nano.c. */
 filestruct *make_new_node(filestruct *prevnode);
 filestruct *copy_node(const filestruct *src);
-void splice_node(filestruct *begin, filestruct *newnode, filestruct
-	*end);
+void splice_node(filestruct *begin, filestruct *newnode);
 void unlink_node(filestruct *fileptr);
 void delete_node(filestruct *fileptr);
 filestruct *copy_filestruct(const filestruct *src);
diff --git a/src/search.c b/src/search.c
index 202c9db46e4fc5cf393da5856511509a3d1e7127..dea199daa26a167cb6f4497d79a88f92cdc35b4d 100644
--- a/src/search.c
+++ b/src/search.c
@@ -1323,7 +1323,7 @@ void update_history(filestruct **h, const char *s)
 
     /* Add the new entry to the end. */
     (*hbot)->data = mallocstrcpy((*hbot)->data, s);
-    splice_node(*hbot, make_new_node(*hbot), (*hbot)->next);
+    splice_node(*hbot, make_new_node(*hbot));
     *hbot = (*hbot)->next;
     (*hbot)->data = mallocstrcpy(NULL, "");
 
diff --git a/src/text.c b/src/text.c
index a7d717a53ac11c9bedbe774bd35dcf3ffe02e2ed..c21f6f8baac2db8863001744c9c6a9f3cdf648ef 100644
--- a/src/text.c
+++ b/src/text.c
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ void do_undo(void)
 	data[u->mark_begin_x] = '\0';
 	free(f->data);
 	f->data = data;
-	splice_node(f, t, f->next);
+	splice_node(f, t);
 	if (f == openfile->filebot)
 	    openfile->filebot = t;
 	goto_line_posx(u->lineno, u->begin);
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ void do_redo(void)
 	data[u->begin] = '\0';
 	free(f->data);
 	f->data = data;
-	splice_node(f, shoveline, f->next);
+	splice_node(f, shoveline);
 	if (f == openfile->filebot)
 	    openfile->filebot = shoveline;
 	renumber(shoveline);
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ void do_enter()
 #endif
     openfile->current_x = extra;
 
-    splice_node(openfile->current, newnode, openfile->current->next);
+    splice_node(openfile->current, newnode);
 
     if (openfile->current == openfile->filebot)
 	openfile->filebot = newnode;
@@ -2139,9 +2139,7 @@ void do_justify(bool full_justify)
 	    /* Make a new line, and copy the text after where we're
 	     * going to break this line to the beginning of the new
 	     * line. */
-	    splice_node(openfile->current,
-		make_new_node(openfile->current),
-		openfile->current->next);
+	    splice_node(openfile->current, make_new_node(openfile->current));
 
 	    /* If this paragraph is non-quoted, and autoindent isn't
 	     * turned on, set the indentation length to zero so that the