diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/ewoc.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/ewoc.el
index b21ec5e9c85..503580b80f3 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/ewoc.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/ewoc.el
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ remaining arguments will be passed to PREDICATE."
       (if (apply predicate (ewoc--node-data node) args)
 	  (push (ewoc--node-data node) result))
       (setq node (ewoc--node-prev dll node)))
-    (nreverse result)))
+    result))
 
 (defun ewoc-buffer (ewoc)
   "Return the buffer that is associated with EWOC.