diff --git a/src/node.c b/src/node.c
index a48dd67..79cd952 100644
--- a/src/node.c
+++ b/src/node.c
@@ -226,13 +226,13 @@ node * r3_tree_match(node * n, char * path, int path_len, match_entry * entry) {
     // info("try matching: %s\n", path);
 
     edge *e;
+    int rc;
+    int i;
 
     // if the pcre_pattern is found, and the pointer is not NULL, then it's
     // pcre pattern node, we use pcre_exec to match the nodes
     if (n->pcre_pattern) {
         info("pcre matching %s on %s\n", n->combined_pattern, path);
-        int rc;
-        int i;
 
         rc = pcre_exec(
                 n->pcre_pattern,   /* the compiled pattern */
@@ -286,14 +286,12 @@ node * r3_tree_match(node * n, char * path, int path_len, match_entry * entry) {
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    e = r3_node_find_edge_str(n, path, path_len);
-    if (e) {
+    if ( (e = r3_node_find_edge_str(n, path, path_len)) != NULL ) {
         int restlen = path_len - e->pattern_len;
-        if(restlen) {
+        if(restlen > 0) {
             return r3_tree_match(e->child, path + e->pattern_len, restlen, entry);
-        } else {
-            return e->child;
         }
+        return e->child;
     }
     return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/tests/bench_str.csv b/tests/bench_str.csv
index 9f447a8..a2821fe 100644
--- a/tests/bench_str.csv
+++ b/tests/bench_str.csv
@@ -33,3 +33,13 @@
 1400244914,6346830.19
 1400244932,6610181.08
 1400245102,6404550.11
+1400245168,6085174.66
+1400245176,6400679.76
+1400245216,6416409.15
+1400245227,6485899.37
+1400245230,5862573.02
+1400245233,6526163.60
+1400245281,6205337.09
+1400245289,6217947.43
+1400245304,5527542.93
+1400245311,6423151.81