diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 1670dcd..240cc19 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -2375,6 +2375,7 @@ get_partition_data()
 	BEGIN {
 		IGNORECASE=1
 	}
+	# this has to be nulled for every iteration so it does not retain value from last iteration
 	devBase=""
 	# this is required because below we are subtracting from NF, so it has to be
 	# > 1, actually greater than 4, but that is so unlikely to occur because