1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/rtc.c b/libbb/rtc.c
index f84da09bb..6d06d57f9 100644
--- a/libbb/rtc.c
+++ b/libbb/rtc.c
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ int FAST_FUNC rtc_xopen(const char **default_rtc, int flags)
                 rtc = open_loop_on_busy(*default_rtc, flags);
                 if (rtc >= 0)
                         return rtc;
-                name += strlen(name) + 1;
                 if (!name[0])
                         return xopen(*default_rtc, flags);
  try_name:
                 *default_rtc = name;
+                name += strlen(name) + 1;
         }
 }