diff --git a/libfdt/fdt_check.c b/libfdt/fdt_check.c
index 71390ee..a21ebbc 100644
--- a/libfdt/fdt_check.c
+++ b/libfdt/fdt_check.c
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ int fdt_check_full(const void *fdt, size_t bufsize)
 				int len;
 
 				name = fdt_get_name(fdt, offset, &len);
-				if (!name || *name || len)
+				if (!name)
+					return len;
+
+				if (*name || len)
 					return -FDT_ERR_BADSTRUCTURE;
 			}
 			break;