1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cpp/src/qpid/messaging/ListContent.cpp b/cpp/src/qpid/messaging/ListContent.cpp
index 0c3ca5fc62..038c1fad0b 100644
--- a/cpp/src/qpid/messaging/ListContent.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/qpid/messaging/ListContent.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ class ListContentImpl : public Variant
         }
     }
 
+    ListContentImpl(Message& m, const Variant::List& i) : Variant(i), msg(&m)
+    {
+        msg->getContent().clear();
+    }
+
     void encode()
     {
         qpid::client::amqp0_10::ListCodec codec;
@@ -45,6 +50,7 @@ class ListContentImpl : public Variant
 };
 
 ListContent::ListContent(Message& m) : impl(new ListContentImpl(m)) {}
+ListContent::ListContent(Message& m, const Variant::List& i) : impl(new ListContentImpl(m, i)) {}
 ListContent::~ListContent() { delete impl; }
 ListContent& ListContent::operator=(const ListContent& l) { *impl = *l.impl; return *this; }