diff --git a/app/controllers/provider_foreman_controller.rb b/app/controllers/provider_foreman_controller.rb
index 37e2f06879b..827bf706111 100644
--- a/app/controllers/provider_foreman_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/provider_foreman_controller.rb
@@ -448,18 +448,20 @@ def explorer
     if params[:button]
       @miq_after_onload = "miqAjax('/#{controller_name}/x_button?pressed=#{params[:button]}');"
     end
+
+    build_accordions_and_trees
+
     params.instance_variable_get(:@parameters).merge!(session[:exp_parms]) if session[:exp_parms]  # Grab any explorer parm overrides
     session.delete(:exp_parms)
     @in_a_form = false
+
     if params[:id] # If a tree node id came in, show in one of the trees
       nodetype, id = params[:id].split("-")
       # treebuilder initializes x_node to root first time in locals_for_render,
       # need to set this here to force & activate node when link is clicked outside of explorer.
       @reselect_node = self.x_node = "#{nodetype}-#{to_cid(id)}"
+      get_node_info(x_node)
     end
-
-    build_accordions_and_trees
-
     render :layout => "application"
   end
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/service_controller.rb b/app/controllers/service_controller.rb
index 615bf53a874..34ac25cf7ec 100644
--- a/app/controllers/service_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/service_controller.rb
@@ -74,13 +74,14 @@ def explorer
       return
     end
 
+    build_accordions_and_trees
+
     if params[:id]  # If a tree node id came in, show in one of the trees
       nodetype, id = params[:id].split("-")
       self.x_node = "#{nodetype}-#{to_cid(id)}"
+      get_node_info(x_node)
     end
 
-    build_accordions_and_trees
-
     params.instance_variable_get(:@parameters).merge!(session[:exp_parms]) if session[:exp_parms]  # Grab any explorer parm overrides
     session.delete(:exp_parms)
     @in_a_form = false