diff --git a/triedb/pathdb/history_trienode.go b/triedb/pathdb/history_trienode.go
index 1f63e6b438..a065d02eb8 100644
--- a/triedb/pathdb/history_trienode.go
+++ b/triedb/pathdb/history_trienode.go
@@ -396,12 +396,12 @@ func decodeRestartTrailer(keySection []byte) ([]uint32, []uint32, int, error) {
 		return nil, nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("key section too short, size: %d", len(keySection))
 	}
 	nRestarts := binary.BigEndian.Uint32(keySection[len(keySection)-4:])
+	
+	// Decode the trailer
 	var (
 		keyOffsets = make([]uint32, 0, int(nRestarts))
 		valOffsets = make([]uint32, 0, int(nRestarts))
 	)
-
-	// Decode the trailer
 	if len(keySection) < int(8*nRestarts)+4 {
 		return nil, nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("key section too short, restarts: %d, size: %d", nRestarts, len(keySection))
 	}