diff --git a/legacy/eeze/src/lib/udev/eeze_udev_private.c b/legacy/eeze/src/lib/udev/eeze_udev_private.c
index 24925d2b11..0b38733af0 100644
--- a/legacy/eeze/src/lib/udev/eeze_udev_private.c
+++ b/legacy/eeze/src/lib/udev/eeze_udev_private.c
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ _walk_parents_for_attr(struct udev_device *device, const char *sysattr, const ch
    struct udev_device *parent, *child = device;
    const char *test;
 
+   if ((test = udev_device_get_sysattr_value(device, sysattr))
+     return 1;
    parent = udev_device_get_parent(child);
    for (; parent; child = parent, parent = udev_device_get_parent(child))
      {