for (offset = 0, depth = 0;
             (offset >= 0) && (offset <= nodeoffset);
             offset = fdt_next_node(fdt, offset, &depth)) {
-               if (pdepth < depth)
-                       continue; /* overflowed buffer */
-
                while (pdepth > depth) {
                        do {
                                p--;
                        pdepth--;
                }
 
-               name = fdt_get_name(fdt, offset, &namelen);
-               if (!name)
-                       return namelen;
-               if ((p + namelen + 1) <= buflen) {
-                       memcpy(buf + p, name, namelen);
-                       p += namelen;
-                       buf[p++] = '/';
-                       pdepth++;
+               if (pdepth >= depth) {
+                       name = fdt_get_name(fdt, offset, &namelen);
+                       if (!name)
+                               return namelen;
+                       if ((p + namelen + 1) <= buflen) {
+                               memcpy(buf + p, name, namelen);
+                               p += namelen;
+                               buf[p++] = '/';
+                               pdepth++;
+                       }
                }
 
                if (offset == nodeoffset) {
                        if (p > 1) /* special case so that root path is "/", not "" */
                                p--;
                        buf[p] = '\0';
-                       return p;
+                       return 0;
                }
        }