diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 881580a85..c8b4876c3 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1938,7 +1938,7 @@ bool SetBestChain(CValidationState &state, CBlockIndex* pindexNew)
     }
 
     // Disconnect shorter branch
-    vector<CTransaction> vResurrect;
+    list<CTransaction> vResurrect;
     BOOST_FOREACH(CBlockIndex* pindex, vDisconnect) {
         CBlock block;
         if (!ReadBlockFromDisk(block, pindex))
@@ -1952,9 +1952,9 @@ bool SetBestChain(CValidationState &state, CBlockIndex* pindexNew)
         // Queue memory transactions to resurrect.
         // We only do this for blocks after the last checkpoint (reorganisation before that
         // point should only happen with -reindex/-loadblock, or a misbehaving peer.
-        BOOST_FOREACH(const CTransaction& tx, block.vtx)
+        BOOST_REVERSE_FOREACH(const CTransaction& tx, block.vtx)
             if (!tx.IsCoinBase() && pindex->nHeight > Checkpoints::GetTotalBlocksEstimate())
-                vResurrect.push_back(tx);
+                vResurrect.push_front(tx);
     }
 
     // Connect longer branch