Index: sys/kern/kern_sysctl.c
===================================================================
--- sys/kern/kern_sysctl.c
+++ sys/kern/kern_sysctl.c
@@ -1017,53 +1017,52 @@
 {
 	int *name = (int *) arg1;
 	u_int namelen = arg2;
-	int error = 0;
-	struct sysctl_oid *oid;
-	struct sysctl_oid_list *lsp = &sysctl__children, *lsp2;
+	int error = 0, indx = 0;
+	struct sysctl_oid *oid, *objpath[CTL_MAXNAME];
+	struct sysctl_oid_list *lsp = &sysctl__children;
 	struct rm_priotracker tracker;
-	char buf[10];
 
 	SYSCTL_RLOCK(&tracker);
-	while (namelen) {
-		if (!lsp) {
-			snprintf(buf,sizeof(buf),"%d",*name);
-			if (req->oldidx)
-				error = SYSCTL_OUT(req, ".", 1);
-			if (!error)
-				error = SYSCTL_OUT(req, buf, strlen(buf));
-			if (error)
-				goto out;
-			namelen--;
-			name++;
-			continue;
-		}
-		lsp2 = NULL;
+	while (indx < namelen) {
 		SLIST_FOREACH(oid, lsp, oid_link) {
-			if (oid->oid_number != *name)
-				continue;
-
-			if (req->oldidx)
-				error = SYSCTL_OUT(req, ".", 1);
-			if (!error)
-				error = SYSCTL_OUT(req, oid->oid_name,
-					strlen(oid->oid_name));
-			if (error)
-				goto out;
-
-			namelen--;
-			name++;
-
-			if ((oid->oid_kind & CTLTYPE) != CTLTYPE_NODE) 
+			if (oid->oid_number == name[indx])
 				break;
+		}
+		if (oid == NULL) {
+			error = ENOENT;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		objpath[indx] = oid;
+		indx++;
 
-			if (oid->oid_handler)
-				break;
-
-			lsp2 = SYSCTL_CHILDREN(oid);
-			break;
+		if ((oid->oid_kind & CTLTYPE) == CTLTYPE_NODE) {
+			if (oid->oid_handler != NULL || indx == namelen) {
+				KASSERT((oid->oid_kind & CTLFLAG_DYING) == 0,
+				    ("%s found DYING node %p", __func__, oid));
+			}
+			lsp = SYSCTL_CHILDREN(oid);
+		} else if (indx == namelen) {
+			if ((oid->oid_kind & CTLFLAG_DORMANT) != 0) {
+				error = ENOENT;
+				goto out;
+			}
+			KASSERT((oid->oid_kind & CTLFLAG_DYING) == 0,
+			    ("%s found DYING node %p", __func__, oid));
+		} else {
+			error = ENOTDIR;
+			goto out;
 		}
-		lsp = lsp2;
 	}
+	
+	for(indx=0; indx < namelen; indx++) {
+		if (req->oldidx)
+			error = SYSCTL_OUT(req, ".", 1);
+		if (!error)
+			error = SYSCTL_OUT(req, objpath[indx]->oid_name,
+				strlen(objpath[indx]->oid_name));
+		if (error)
+			goto out;
+	}	
 	error = SYSCTL_OUT(req, "", 1);
  out:
 	SYSCTL_RUNLOCK(&tracker);