diff --git a/lib/plist.c b/lib/plist.c
index 40b3c8e49801..60c0bda44348 100644
--- a/lib/plist.c
+++ b/lib/plist.c
@@ -1536,7 +1536,6 @@ int prefix_bgp_show_prefix_list(struct vty *vty, afi_t afi, char *name,
 	if (use_json) {
 		json = json_object_new_object();
 		json_prefix = json_object_new_object();
-		json_list = json_object_new_object();
 
 		json_object_int_add(json_prefix, "prefixListCounter",
 				    plist->count);
@@ -1544,6 +1543,8 @@ int prefix_bgp_show_prefix_list(struct vty *vty, afi_t afi, char *name,
 				       plist->name);
 
 		for (pentry = plist->head; pentry; pentry = pentry->next) {
+			json_list = json_object_new_object();
+
 			json_object_int_add(json_list, "seq", pentry->seq);
 			json_object_string_add(json_list, "seqPrefixListType",
 					       prefix_list_type_str(pentry));