diff --git a/xorriso/emulators.c b/xorriso/emulators.c
index ce0af2f8..20e1b392 100644
--- a/xorriso/emulators.c
+++ b/xorriso/emulators.c
@@ -1168,6 +1168,13 @@ illegal_c:;
    if(ret<=0)
      goto ex;
  }
+
+ if(old_root[0] || root_seen) {
+   Xorriso_option_md5(xorriso, old_root_md5 ? "on" : "off", 0);
+   Xorriso_option_disk_dev_ino(xorriso,
+                               old_root_dev && old_root_ino ? "on" :
+                               old_root_ino ? "ino_only" : "off", 0);
+ }
  if(indev[0]) {
    ret= Xorriso_option_dev(xorriso, indev, 1);
    if(ret<=0)
@@ -1178,10 +1185,6 @@ illegal_c:;
    {ret= 1; goto ex;}
 
  if(old_root[0]) {
-   Xorriso_option_md5(xorriso, old_root_md5 ? "on" : "off", 0);
-   Xorriso_option_disk_dev_ino(xorriso,
-                               old_root_dev && old_root_ino ? "on" :
-                               old_root_ino ? "ino_only" : "off", 0);
    ret= Xorriso_iso_lstat(xorriso, old_root, &stbuf, 0);
    if(ret >= 0) {
      if(root_seen) {
diff --git a/xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h b/xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h
index bfd82a6b..4ddbcb74 100644
--- a/xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h
+++ b/xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define Xorriso_timestamP "2011.02.07.202851"
+#define Xorriso_timestamP "2011.02.08.133624"