diff -r 6a981ec4d58b -r e98b09018d32 src/linked_list.c
--- a/src/linked_list.c	Mon Apr 18 14:41:19 2022 +0200
+++ b/src/linked_list.c	Mon Apr 18 15:29:52 2022 +0200
@@ -733,7 +733,20 @@
     return cx_ll_insert_iter(iter, &elem, prepend);
 }
 
+static void cx_ll_destructor(CxList *list) {
+    cx_linked_list *ll = (cx_linked_list *) list;
+
+    cx_linked_list_node *node = ll->begin;
+    while (node) {
+        void *next = node->next;
+        cxFree(list->allocator, node);
+        node = next;
+    }
+    // do not free the list pointer, this is just a destructor!
+}
+
 static cx_list_class cx_linked_list_class = {
+        cx_ll_destructor,
         cx_ll_add,
         cx_ll_insert,
         cx_ll_insert_iter,
@@ -747,6 +760,7 @@
 };
 
 static cx_list_class cx_pointer_linked_list_class = {
+        cx_ll_destructor,
         cx_pll_add,
         cx_pll_insert,
         cx_pll_insert_iter,
@@ -759,20 +773,6 @@
         cx_pll_iterator,
 };
 
-static CxList *cx_ll_default_destructor(CxList *list) {
-    cx_linked_list *ll = (cx_linked_list *) list;
-
-    cx_linked_list_node *node = ll->begin;
-    while (node) {
-        void *next = node->next;
-        cxFree(list->allocator, node);
-        node = next;
-    }
-
-    cxFree(list->allocator, list);
-    return NULL;
-}
-
 CxList *cxLinkedListCreate(
         CxAllocator const *allocator,
         CxListComparator comparator,
@@ -784,7 +784,6 @@
 
     list->base.cl = &cx_linked_list_class;
     list->base.allocator = allocator;
-    list->base.list_destructor = (cx_destructor_func) cx_ll_default_destructor;
     list->base.cmpfunc = comparator;
     list->base.itemsize = item_size;
     list->base.capacity = SIZE_MAX;
@@ -802,7 +801,6 @@
 
     list->base.cl = &cx_pointer_linked_list_class;
     list->base.allocator = allocator;
-    list->base.list_destructor = (cx_destructor_func) cx_ll_default_destructor;
     list->base.cmpfunc = comparator;
     list->base.itemsize = sizeof(void *);
     list->base.capacity = SIZE_MAX;
@@ -821,7 +819,9 @@
     if (list == NULL) return NULL;
     cx_for_n (i, num_items) {
         if (0 != cxListAdd(list, ((const unsigned char *) array) + i * item_size)) {
-            return cx_ll_default_destructor(list);
+            cx_ll_destructor(list);
+            cxFree(allocator, list);
+            return NULL;
         }
     }
     return list;