diff --git a/libfdt/fdt.c b/libfdt/fdt.c
index a59a518..940cee8 100644
--- a/libfdt/fdt.c
+++ b/libfdt/fdt.c
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@
 			break;
 
 		case FDT_END_NODE:
-			if (depth)
-				(*depth)--;
+			if (depth && ((--(*depth)) < 0))
+				return nextoffset;
 			break;
 
 		case FDT_END:
diff --git a/libfdt/fdt_ro.c b/libfdt/fdt_ro.c
index fdc9c29..d682a40 100644
--- a/libfdt/fdt_ro.c
+++ b/libfdt/fdt_ro.c
@@ -112,24 +112,20 @@
 int fdt_subnode_offset_namelen(const void *fdt, int offset,
 			       const char *name, int namelen)
 {
-	int depth = 0;
+	int depth;
 
 	FDT_CHECK_HEADER(fdt);
 
-	for (depth = 0, offset = fdt_next_node(fdt, offset, &depth);
-	     (offset >= 0) && (depth > 0);
-	     offset = fdt_next_node(fdt, offset, &depth)) {
-		if (depth < 0)
-			return -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND;
-		else if ((depth == 1)
-			 && _fdt_nodename_eq(fdt, offset, name, namelen))
+	for (depth = 0;
+	     (offset >= 0) && (depth >= 0);
+	     offset = fdt_next_node(fdt, offset, &depth))
+		if ((depth == 1)
+		    && _fdt_nodename_eq(fdt, offset, name, namelen))
 			return offset;
-	}
 
-	if (offset < 0)
-		return offset; /* error */
-	else
+	if (depth < 0)
 		return -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND;
+	return offset; /* error */
 }
 
 int fdt_subnode_offset(const void *fdt, int parentoffset,
diff --git a/libfdt/fdt_wip.c b/libfdt/fdt_wip.c
index e30c81d..e373677 100644
--- a/libfdt/fdt_wip.c
+++ b/libfdt/fdt_wip.c
@@ -98,41 +98,14 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int _fdt_node_end_offset(void *fdt, int nodeoffset)
+int _fdt_node_end_offset(void *fdt, int offset)
 {
-	int level = 0;
-	uint32_t tag;
-	int offset, nextoffset;
+	int depth = 0;
 
-	tag = fdt_next_tag(fdt, nodeoffset, &nextoffset);
-	if (tag != FDT_BEGIN_NODE)
-		return -FDT_ERR_BADOFFSET;
-	do {
-		offset = nextoffset;
-		tag = fdt_next_tag(fdt, offset, &nextoffset);
-
-		switch (tag) {
-		case FDT_END:
-			return offset;
-
-		case FDT_BEGIN_NODE:
-			level++;
-			break;
-
-		case FDT_END_NODE:
-			level--;
-			break;
-
-		case FDT_PROP:
-		case FDT_NOP:
-			break;
-
-		default:
-			return -FDT_ERR_BADSTRUCTURE;
-		}
-	} while (level >= 0);
+	while ((offset >= 0) && (depth >= 0))
+		offset = fdt_next_node(fdt, offset, &depth);
 
-	return nextoffset;
+	return offset;
 }
 
 int fdt_nop_node(void *fdt, int nodeoffset)