diff --git a/libxslt/variables.c b/libxslt/variables.c
index 09069aa3..07c17825 100644
--- a/libxslt/variables.c
+++ b/libxslt/variables.c
@@ -1403,28 +1403,21 @@ xsltRegisterGlobalVariable(xsltStylesheetPtr style, const xmlChar *name,
 	elem->nameURI = xmlDictLookup(style->dict, ns_uri, -1);
     elem->tree = tree;
     tmp = style->variables;
-    if (tmp == NULL) {
-	elem->next = NULL;
-	style->variables = elem;
-    } else {
-	while (tmp != NULL) {
-	    if ((elem->comp->type == XSLT_FUNC_VARIABLE) &&
-		(tmp->comp->type == XSLT_FUNC_VARIABLE) &&
-		(xmlStrEqual(elem->name, tmp->name)) &&
-		((elem->nameURI == tmp->nameURI) ||
-		 (xmlStrEqual(elem->nameURI, tmp->nameURI))))
-	    {
-		xsltTransformError(NULL, style, comp->inst,
-		"redefinition of global variable %s\n", elem->name);
-		style->errors++;
-	    }
-	    if (tmp->next == NULL)
-	        break;
-	    tmp = tmp->next;
-	}
-	elem->next = NULL;
-	tmp->next = elem;
+    while (tmp != NULL) {
+        if ((elem->comp->type == XSLT_FUNC_VARIABLE) &&
+            (tmp->comp->type == XSLT_FUNC_VARIABLE) &&
+            (xmlStrEqual(elem->name, tmp->name)) &&
+            ((elem->nameURI == tmp->nameURI) ||
+             (xmlStrEqual(elem->nameURI, tmp->nameURI))))
+        {
+            xsltTransformError(NULL, style, comp->inst,
+            "redefinition of global variable %s\n", elem->name);
+            style->errors++;
+        }
+        tmp = tmp->next;
     }
+    elem->next = style->variables;;
+    style->variables = elem;
     if (value != NULL) {
 	elem->computed = 1;
 	elem->value = xmlXPathNewString(value);
diff --git a/tests/general/bug-224.out b/tests/general/bug-224.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a44197e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/general/bug-224.out
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<result>
+id1
+id2
+id3
+id4
+id5
+id6
+</result>
diff --git a/tests/general/bug-224.xml b/tests/general/bug-224.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..da78efb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/general/bug-224.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<doc>
+    <item/>
+    <item/>
+    <item/>
+    <item/>
+    <item/>
+    <item/>
+</doc>
diff --git a/tests/general/bug-224.xsl b/tests/general/bug-224.xsl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f944c43b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/general/bug-224.xsl
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
+
+<xsl:variable name="v1" select="generate-id(doc/item[1])"/>
+<xsl:variable name="v2" select="generate-id(doc/item[2])"/>
+<xsl:variable name="v3" select="generate-id(doc/item[3])"/>
+<xsl:variable name="v4" select="generate-id(doc/item[4])"/>
+<xsl:variable name="v5" select="generate-id(doc/item[5])"/>
+<xsl:variable name="v6" select="generate-id(doc/item[6])"/>
+
+<xsl:template match="/">
+    <result>
+        <xsl:text>&#xa;</xsl:text>
+        <xsl:value-of select="$v1"/>
+        <xsl:text>&#xa;</xsl:text>
+        <xsl:value-of select="$v2"/>
+        <xsl:text>&#xa;</xsl:text>
+        <xsl:value-of select="$v3"/>
+        <xsl:text>&#xa;</xsl:text>
+        <xsl:value-of select="$v4"/>
+        <xsl:text>&#xa;</xsl:text>
+        <xsl:value-of select="$v5"/>
+        <xsl:text>&#xa;</xsl:text>
+        <xsl:value-of select="$v6"/>
+        <xsl:text>&#xa;</xsl:text>
+    </result>
+</xsl:template>
+
+</xsl:stylesheet>