diff --git a/py/emit.h b/py/emit.h
index ea65731038..66e87fd4c6 100644
--- a/py/emit.h
+++ b/py/emit.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * is not known until the end of pass 1.
  * As a consequence, we don't know the maximum stack size until the end of pass 2.
  * This is problematic for some emitters (x64) since they need to know the maximum
- * stack size to compile the entry to the function, and this effects code size.
+ * stack size to compile the entry to the function, and this affects code size.
  */
 
 typedef enum {
diff --git a/py/objlist.c b/py/objlist.c
index dc7ff3e176..02a6b1525b 100644
--- a/py/objlist.c
+++ b/py/objlist.c
@@ -235,6 +235,20 @@ static mp_obj_t list_remove(mp_obj_t self_in, mp_obj_t value) {
     return mp_const_none;
 }
 
+static mp_obj_t list_reverse(mp_obj_t self_in) {
+    assert(MP_OBJ_IS_TYPE(self_in, &list_type));
+    mp_obj_list_t *self = self_in;
+
+    int len = self->len;
+    for (int i = 0; i < len/2; i++) {
+         mp_obj_t *a = self->items[i];
+         self->items[i] = self->items[len-i-1];
+         self->items[len-i-1] = a;
+    }
+
+    return mp_const_none;
+}
+
 static MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_2(list_append_obj, mp_obj_list_append);
 static MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_1(list_clear_obj, list_clear);
 static MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_1(list_copy_obj, list_copy);
@@ -243,6 +257,7 @@ static MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_VAR_BETWEEN(list_index_obj, 2, 4, list_index);
 static MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_3(list_insert_obj, list_insert);
 static MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_VAR_BETWEEN(list_pop_obj, 1, 2, list_pop);
 static MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_2(list_remove_obj, list_remove);
+static MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_1(list_reverse_obj, list_reverse);
 static MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_2(list_sort_obj, list_sort);
 
 const mp_obj_type_t list_type = {
@@ -262,6 +277,7 @@ const mp_obj_type_t list_type = {
         { "insert", &list_insert_obj },
         { "pop", &list_pop_obj },
         { "remove", &list_remove_obj },
+        { "reverse", &list_reverse_obj },
         { "sort", &list_sort_obj },
         { NULL, NULL }, // end-of-list sentinel
     },
diff --git a/py/vm.c b/py/vm.c
index 8e7ef7485b..5e3ec0baf8 100644
--- a/py/vm.c
+++ b/py/vm.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ bool mp_execute_byte_code_2(const byte **ip_in_out, mp_obj_t *fastn, mp_obj_t **
                     case MP_BC_LOAD_CONST_SMALL_INT:
                         unum = (ip[0] | (ip[1] << 8) | (ip[2] << 16)) - 0x800000;
                         ip += 3;
-                        PUSH((mp_obj_t)(unum << 1 | 1));
+                        PUSH(MP_OBJ_NEW_SMALL_INT(unum));
                         break;
 
                     case MP_BC_LOAD_CONST_DEC:
diff --git a/tests/basics/tests/list_reverse.py b/tests/basics/tests/list_reverse.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38acf1fd61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/basics/tests/list_reverse.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+a = []
+for i in range(100):
+    a.append(i)
+    a.reverse()
+print(a)