1 files changed, 11 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/modules/devices/devicetree/dt_util.c b/modules/devices/devicetree/dt_util.c
index 3440c3a1..0bbf26a0 100644
--- a/modules/devices/devicetree/dt_util.c
+++ b/modules/devices/devicetree/dt_util.c
@@ -246,43 +246,41 @@ dtr_obj *dtr_obj_read(dtr *s, const char *dtp) {
     obj = malloc(sizeof(dtr_obj));
     if (obj != NULL) {
         memset(obj, 0, sizeof(dtr_obj));
+
         obj->dt = s;
         if (*dtp != '/') {
+            /* doesn't start with slash, use alias */
             obj->path = (char*)dtr_alias_lookup(s, dtp);
             if (obj->path != NULL)
                 obj->path = strdup(obj->path);
             else {
-                // obj->path = strdup( (dtp != NULL && strcmp(dtp, "")) ? dtp : "/" );
                 dtr_obj_free(obj);
                 return NULL;
             }
         } else
             obj->path = strdup(dtp);
 
-        full_path = g_strdup_printf("%s%s", s->base_path, obj->path);
+        /* find name after last slash, or start */
+        slash = strrchr(obj->path, '/');
+        if (slash != NULL)
+            obj->name = strdup(slash + 1);
+        else
+            obj->name = strdup(obj->path);
 
+        /* read data */
+        full_path = g_strdup_printf("%s%s", s->base_path, obj->path);
         if ( g_file_test(full_path, G_FILE_TEST_IS_DIR) ) {
             obj->type = DT_NODE;
         } else {
-            obj->type = DTP_UNK;
             if (!g_file_get_contents(full_path, (gchar**)&obj->data, (gsize*)&obj->length, NULL)) {
                 dtr_obj_free(obj);
                 g_free(full_path);
                 return NULL;
             }
+            obj->type = dtr_guess_type(obj);
         }
         g_free(full_path);
 
-        /* find name after last slash, or start */
-        slash = strrchr(obj->path, '/');
-        if (slash != NULL)
-            obj->name = strdup(slash + 1);
-        else
-            obj->name = strdup(obj->path);
-
-        if (obj->type == DTP_UNK)
-            obj->type = dtr_guess_type(obj);
-
         return obj;
     }
     return NULL;