diff --git a/container/history.go b/container/history.go
index afce1d4a79..c80c2aa0cc 100644
--- a/container/history.go
+++ b/container/history.go
@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@ func (history *History) Swap(i, j int) {
 	containers[i], containers[j] = containers[j], containers[i]
 }
 
-// Add the given container to history.
-func (history *History) Add(container *Container) {
-	*history = append(*history, container)
-}
-
 // sort orders the history by creation date in descendant order.
 func (history *History) sort() {
 	sort.Sort(history)
diff --git a/container/memory_store.go b/container/memory_store.go
index 30c1f7add7..9fa1165d9a 100644
--- a/container/memory_store.go
+++ b/container/memory_store.go
@@ -41,14 +41,9 @@ func (c *memoryStore) Delete(id string) {
 // List returns a sorted list of containers from the store.
 // The containers are ordered by creation date.
 func (c *memoryStore) List() []*Container {
-	containers := new(History)
-	c.RLock()
-	for _, cont := range c.s {
-		containers.Add(cont)
-	}
-	c.RUnlock()
+	containers := History(c.all())
 	containers.sort()
-	return *containers
+	return containers
 }
 
 // Size returns the number of containers in the store.
@@ -60,9 +55,7 @@ func (c *memoryStore) Size() int {
 
 // First returns the first container found in the store by a given filter.
 func (c *memoryStore) First(filter StoreFilter) *Container {
-	c.RLock()
-	defer c.RUnlock()
-	for _, cont := range c.s {
+	for _, cont := range c.all() {
 		if filter(cont) {
 			return cont
 		}
@@ -74,11 +67,8 @@ func (c *memoryStore) First(filter StoreFilter) *Container {
 // This operation is asyncronous in the memory store.
 // NOTE: Modifications to the store MUST NOT be done by the StoreReducer.
 func (c *memoryStore) ApplyAll(apply StoreReducer) {
-	c.RLock()
-	defer c.RUnlock()
-
 	wg := new(sync.WaitGroup)
-	for _, cont := range c.s {
+	for _, cont := range c.all() {
 		wg.Add(1)
 		go func(container *Container) {
 			apply(container)
@@ -89,4 +79,14 @@ func (c *memoryStore) ApplyAll(apply StoreReducer) {
 	wg.Wait()
 }
 
+func (c *memoryStore) all() []*Container {
+	c.RLock()
+	containers := make([]*Container, 0, len(c.s))
+	for _, cont := range c.s {
+		containers = append(containers, cont)
+	}
+	c.RUnlock()
+	return containers
+}
+
 var _ Store = &memoryStore{}