diff --git a/miscutils/devfsd.c b/miscutils/devfsd.c
index e6316d686..e5d550835 100644
--- a/miscutils/devfsd.c
+++ b/miscutils/devfsd.c
@@ -1426,15 +1426,14 @@ static int mksymlink (const char *oldpath, const char *newpath)
 
 static int make_dir_tree (const char *path)
 /*  [SUMMARY] Creating intervening directories for a path as required.
-    <path> The full pathname (including he leaf node).
+    <path> The full pathname (including the leaf node).
     [RETURNS] TRUE on success, else FALSE.
 */
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEVFSD_DEBUG
 	msg_logger( NO_DIE, LOG_INFO, "make_dir_tree()\n");
 #endif
-
-	if (bb_make_directory( (char *)path,  S_IRWXU | S_IRGRP | S_IXGRP | S_IROTH | S_IXOTH , FILEUTILS_RECUR )==-1)
+	if (bb_make_directory( dirname((char *)path),  S_IRWXU | S_IRGRP | S_IXGRP | S_IROTH | S_IXOTH ,FILEUTILS_RECUR )==-1)
 	{
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEVFSD_VERBOSE
 		msg_logger( NO_DIE, LOG_ERR, "make_dir_tree(): %s: %m\n", path);