diff --git a/autoload/nerdtree/ui_glue.vim b/autoload/nerdtree/ui_glue.vim
index 894a88a..910ead3 100644
--- a/autoload/nerdtree/ui_glue.vim
+++ b/autoload/nerdtree/ui_glue.vim
@@ -304,11 +304,6 @@ function! s:findAndRevealPath(path)
     endif
 
     let l:node = b:NERDTree.root.reveal(l:pathObj)
-
-    if empty(l:node)
-        echomsg 'l:node is totally empty...'
-    endif
-
     call b:NERDTree.render()
     call l:node.putCursorHere(1, 0)
 
diff --git a/lib/nerdtree/tree_dir_node.vim b/lib/nerdtree/tree_dir_node.vim
index 03c3545..43285db 100644
--- a/lib/nerdtree/tree_dir_node.vim
+++ b/lib/nerdtree/tree_dir_node.vim
@@ -568,6 +568,13 @@ function! s:TreeDirNode.reveal(path, ...)
         throw "NERDTree.InvalidArgumentsError: " . a:path.str() . " should be under " . self.path.str()
     endif
 
+    " Refresh "self.children" to avoid missing paths created after this node
+    " was last opened.  If "self.children" is empty, the call to "open()" will
+    " initialize the children.
+    if !empty(self.children)
+        " Silence messages/errors. They were seen on the first open.
+        silent! call self._initChildren(1)
+    endif
     call self.open()
 
     if self.path.equals(a:path.getParent())