1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/makedevs.c b/miscutils/makedevs.c
index 6278ee77c..c5eeed0e0 100644
--- a/miscutils/makedevs.c
+++ b/miscutils/makedevs.c
@@ -157,8 +157,11 @@ int makedevs_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
                 /* if mode != S_IFCHR and != S_IFBLK,
                  * third param in mknod() ignored */
-                if (mknod(nodname, mode, makedev(Smajor, Sminor)))
+                if (mknod(nodname, mode, makedev(Smajor, Sminor)) != 0
+                 && errno != EEXIST
+                ) {
                         bb_perror_msg("can't create '%s'", nodname);
+                }
 
                 /*if (nodname == basedev)*/ /* ex. /dev/hda - to /dev/hda1 ... */
                         nodname = buf;
@@ -279,7 +282,9 @@ int makedevs_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                         for (i = start; i <= start + count; i++) {
                                 sprintf(full_name_inc, count ? "%s%u" : "%s", full_name, i);
                                 rdev = makedev(major, minor + (i - start) * increment);
-                                if (mknod(full_name_inc, mode, rdev) < 0) {
+                                if (mknod(full_name_inc, mode, rdev) != 0
+                                  && errno != EEXIST
+                                ) {
                                         bb_perror_msg("line %d: can't create node %s", linenum, full_name_inc);
                                         ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
                                 } else if (chown(full_name_inc, uid, gid) < 0) {