diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 0003b29f..f70928e1 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.3.397
+8.3.398
diff --git a/extflat/EFbuild.c b/extflat/EFbuild.c
index 9095f7ae..021f5343 100644
--- a/extflat/EFbuild.c
+++ b/extflat/EFbuild.c
@@ -1263,7 +1263,8 @@ efBuildDevNode(def, name, isSubsNode)
 	{
 	    /* This node is declared to be an implicit port */
 	    nn->efnn_node->efnode_flags |= EF_SUBS_PORT;
-	    nn->efnn_port = -1;
+	    if (isNewNode == TRUE)
+		nn->efnn_port = -1;
 	    def->def_flags |= DEF_SUBSNODES;
 	}
 	nn->efnn_node->efnode_flags |= EF_SUBS_NODE;