diff --git a/src/playlist/item.c b/src/playlist/item.c
index bf4db8b72c5daa4a579c6a00c6d6ee3c9c1cd718..32eda97faaa0bd7a5173a5ed8e5e7ba178696a4c 100644
--- a/src/playlist/item.c
+++ b/src/playlist/item.c
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ playlist_item_t *playlist_ItemToNode( playlist_t *p_playlist,
     {
         ChangeToNode( p_playlist, p_item );
         PL_UNLOCK_IF( !b_locked );
-        return NULL;
+        return p_item;
     }
 }