--- a/mfbt/LinkedList.h
+++ b/mfbt/LinkedList.h
@@ -196,18 +196,18 @@ class LinkedListElement
     friend class LinkedList<T>;
 
     enum NodeKind {
       NODE_KIND_NORMAL,
       NODE_KIND_SENTINEL
     };
 
     LinkedListElement(NodeKind nodeKind)
-      : next(this),
-        prev(this),
+      : next(thisDuringConstruction()),
+        prev(thisDuringConstruction()),
         isSentinel(nodeKind == NODE_KIND_SENTINEL)
     { }
 
     /*
      * Return |this| cast to T* if we're a normal node, or return NULL if we're
      * a sentinel node.
      */
     T* asT() {