--- tclvfs-20080503.orig/generic/vfs.c	2006-08-30 19:38:03.000000000 +0000
+++ tclvfs-20080503-fixinternalrepuse/generic/vfs.c	2014-11-17 18:34:43.317025829 +0000
@@ -1986,16 +1986,17 @@
         return NULL;
     }
     
-    splitPosition = nativeRep->splitPosition;
-    normed = Tcl_FSGetNormalizedPath(NULL, pathPtr);
-    normedString = Tcl_GetStringFromObj(normed, &len);
-    
     mountCmd = Tcl_DuplicateObj(nativeRep->fsCmd->mountCmd);
     Tcl_IncrRefCount(mountCmd);
     if (Tcl_ListObjLength(NULL, mountCmd, &dummyLen) == TCL_ERROR) {
 	Tcl_DecrRefCount(mountCmd);
 	return NULL;
     }
+
+    splitPosition = nativeRep->splitPosition;
+    normed = Tcl_FSGetNormalizedPath(NULL, pathPtr);
+    normedString = Tcl_GetStringFromObj(normed, &len);
+    
     Tcl_ListObjAppendElement(NULL, mountCmd, Tcl_NewStringObj(cmd,-1));
     if (splitPosition == len) {
 	Tcl_ListObjAppendElement(NULL, mountCmd, normed);
