diff --git a/src/frontend/subckt.c b/src/frontend/subckt.c
index 4c8ff6b0f..99eaf5537 100644
--- a/src/frontend/subckt.c
+++ b/src/frontend/subckt.c
@@ -1984,6 +1984,7 @@ devmodtranslate(struct line *s, char *subname, wordlist * const orig_modnames)
                 }
 #endif
 
+            wlsub = wl_find(name, orig_modnames);
             if (!wlsub) /* Fallback w/o subckt name before */
                 bxx_printf(&buffer, "%s ", name);
             else