diff --git a/src/cw/mlist_get.c b/src/cw/mlist_get.c
index 7c07f596..b3dc8269 100644
--- a/src/cw/mlist_get.c
+++ b/src/cw/mlist_get.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ struct mlistelem * mlist_get(mlist_t list, const void *data){
 	mlist_foreach(elem,list){
 		void *tdata = mlistelem_dataptr(elem);
 		if (list->cmp(tdata,data)==0){
-			return tdata;
+			return elem;
 		}
 	}
 	return NULL;