diff --git a/app/platform/vfs.c b/app/platform/vfs.c
index 9baad28d..0446a11b 100644
--- a/app/platform/vfs.c
+++ b/app/platform/vfs.c
@@ -355,11 +355,12 @@ sint32_t vfs_chdir( const char *path )
 sint32_t vfs_errno( const char *name )
 {
   vfs_fs_fns *fs_fns;
-  const char *normname = normalize_path( name );
   char *outname;
 
   if (!name) name = "";  // current drive
 
+  const char *normname = normalize_path( name );
+
 #ifdef BUILD_SPIFFS
   if (fs_fns = myspiffs_realm( normname, &outname, FALSE )) {
     return fs_fns->ferrno( );