diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/33_readingsGroup.pm b/fhem/FHEM/33_readingsGroup.pm
index 6d5a7ea68..b2deae63d 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/33_readingsGroup.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/33_readingsGroup.pm
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ readingsGroup_updateDevices($;$)
           push @devices, [$d,$regex];
         }
 
+      } elsif($device[0] =~ m/^<.*>$/) {
+        push @devices, [$device[0]];
+
       } elsif($device[0] =~ m/(.*)=(.*)/) {
         my ($lattr,$re) = ($1, $2);
         foreach my $d (sort keys %defs) {
@@ -130,9 +133,6 @@ readingsGroup_updateDevices($;$)
           push @devices, [$d,$device[1]];
         }
 
-      } elsif($device[0] =~ m/^<.*>$/) {
-        push @devices, [$device[0]];
-
       } elsif( defined($defs{$device[0]}) ) {
         $list{$device[0]} = 1;
         push @devices, [@device];