diff --git a/lisp/org-element.el b/lisp/org-element.el
index 381509b52..c23bc1b94 100644
--- a/lisp/org-element.el
+++ b/lisp/org-element.el
@@ -4283,7 +4283,7 @@ When PARSE is non-nil, values from keywords belonging to
 	  (when (or (member kwd org-element-multiple-keywords)
 		    ;; Attributes can always appear on multiple lines.
 		    (string-match "^ATTR_" kwd))
-	    (setq value (cons value (plist-get output kwd-sym))))
+	    (setq value (nconc (plist-get output kwd-sym) (list value))))
 	  ;; Eventually store the new value in OUTPUT.
 	  (setq output (plist-put output kwd-sym value))
 	  ;; Move to next keyword.
@@ -4538,13 +4538,13 @@ looking into captions:
 			   ((not value))
 			   ((member kwd org-element-dual-keywords)
 			    (if (member kwd org-element-multiple-keywords)
-				(dolist (line (reverse value))
+				(dolist (line value)
 				  (funcall --walk-tree (cdr line))
 				  (funcall --walk-tree (car line)))
 			      (funcall --walk-tree (cdr value))
 			      (funcall --walk-tree (car value))))
 			   ((member kwd org-element-multiple-keywords)
-			    (mapc --walk-tree (reverse value)))
+			    (mapc --walk-tree value))
 			   (t (funcall --walk-tree value))))))
 		    ;; Determine if a recursion into --DATA is possible.
 		    (cond
@@ -4950,20 +4950,23 @@ If there is no affiliated keyword, return the empty string."
 		   ;; All attribute keywords can have multiple lines.
 		   (string-match "^ATTR_" keyword))
 	       (mapconcat (lambda (line) (funcall keyword-to-org keyword line))
-			  (reverse value)
-			  "")
+			  value "")
 	     (funcall keyword-to-org keyword value)))))
      ;; List all ELEMENT's properties matching an attribute line or an
      ;; affiliated keyword, but ignore translated keywords since they
      ;; cannot belong to the property list.
-     (cl-loop for prop in (nth 1 element) by 'cddr
-	      when (let ((keyword (upcase (substring (symbol-name prop) 1))))
-		     (or (string-match "^ATTR_" keyword)
-			 (and
-			  (member keyword org-element-affiliated-keywords)
-			  (not (assoc keyword
-				      org-element-keyword-translation-alist)))))
-	      collect prop)
+     (let (acc)
+       (org-element-properties-mapc
+        (lambda (prop _ _)
+          (let  ((keyword (upcase (substring (symbol-name prop) 1))))
+            (when (or (string-match "^ATTR_" keyword)
+		      (and
+		       (member keyword org-element-affiliated-keywords)
+		       (not (assoc keyword
+			         org-element-keyword-translation-alist))))
+              (push prop acc))))
+        element t)
+       (nreverse acc))
      "")))
 
 ;; Because interpretation of the parse tree must return the same
diff --git a/lisp/ox.el b/lisp/ox.el
index 70bba0cf5..9cdb14697 100644
--- a/lisp/ox.el
+++ b/lisp/ox.el
@@ -3910,9 +3910,10 @@ Caption lines are separated by a white space."
 	(`nil nil)
 	(c
 	 (setq caption
-	       (nconc (list " ")
-		      (copy-sequence c) caption)))))
-    (cdr caption)))
+               (if caption
+	           (nconc caption (list " ") (copy-sequence c))
+                 (copy-sequence c))))))
+    caption))
 
 
 ;;;; For Derived Backends
diff --git a/testing/lisp/test-org-element.el b/testing/lisp/test-org-element.el
index e4053f26b..9c44bd340 100644
--- a/testing/lisp/test-org-element.el
+++ b/testing/lisp/test-org-element.el
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ Some other text
   ;; Parse multiple keywords.
   (should
    (equal
-    '("line2" "line1")
+    '("line1" "line2")
     (org-element-property
      :attr_ascii
      (org-test-with-temp-text
@@ -409,12 +409,12 @@ Some other text
   ;; Allow multiple caption keywords.
   (should
    (equal
-    '((("l2") "s2") (("l1") "s1"))
+    '((("l1") "s1") (("l2") "s2"))
     (org-test-with-temp-text "#+CAPTION[s1]: l1\n#+CAPTION[s2]: l2\nParagraph"
       (org-element-property :caption (org-element-at-point)))))
   (should
    (equal
-    '((("l1")) (nil "s1"))
+    '((nil "s1") (("l1")))
     (org-test-with-temp-text "#+CAPTION[s1]:\n#+CAPTION: l1\nParagraph"
       (org-element-property :caption (org-element-at-point)))))
   ;; Corner case: orphaned keyword at the end of an element.
@@ -2772,7 +2772,7 @@ Outside list"
   (should
    (equal
     (org-element-interpret-data
-     '(org-data nil (paragraph (:attr_ascii ("line2" "line1")) "Paragraph")))
+     '(org-data nil (paragraph (:attr_ascii ("line1" "line2")) "Paragraph")))
     "#+attr_ascii: line1\n#+attr_ascii: line2\nParagraph\n"))
   ;; Interpret parsed affiliated keywords.
   (should
@@ -2791,7 +2791,7 @@ Outside list"
    (equal
     (org-element-interpret-data
      '(org-data nil (paragraph
-		     (:caption ((("l2") "s2") (("l1") "s1"))) "Paragraph")))
+		     (:caption ((("l1") "s1") (("l2") "s2"))) "Paragraph")))
     "#+caption[s1]: l1\n#+caption[s2]: l2\nParagraph\n"))
   ;; Pseudo objects and elements are transparent.
   (should