1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/mknod.c b/coreutils/mknod.c
index 59294e9cb..d5e9e17fe 100644
--- a/coreutils/mknod.c
+++ b/coreutils/mknod.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ extern int mknod_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 mode |= modes_cubp[(int)(name[4])];
 
                 dev = 0;
-                if ((*name != 'p') && ((argc -= 2) == 0)) {
+                if ((*name != 'p') && ((argc -= 2) == 2)) {
                         dev = (bb_xgetularg10_bnd(argv[2], 0, 255) << 8)
                                 + bb_xgetularg10_bnd(argv[3], 0, 255);
                 }