diff --git a/miscutils/makedevs.c b/miscutils/makedevs.c
index e4233330a..28b3f499a 100644
--- a/miscutils/makedevs.c
+++ b/miscutils/makedevs.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ int makedevs_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	/* if mode != S_IFCHR and != S_IFBLK third param in mknod() ignored */
 
-		if (mknod(nodname, mode, Smajor | Sminor))
+		if (mknod(nodname, mode, makedev(Smajor, Sminor)))
 			bb_error_msg("Failed to create: %s", nodname);
 
 		if (nodname == basedev) /* ex. /dev/hda - to /dev/hda1 ... */