1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/util-linux/mdev.c b/util-linux/mdev.c
index d0aafac6e..e4bc6653d 100644
--- a/util-linux/mdev.c
+++ b/util-linux/mdev.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static void make_device(char *path, int delete)
 {
         char *device_name;
         int major, minor, type, len;
-        int mode;
+        mode_t mode;
         parser_t *parser;
 
         /* Try to read major/minor string.  Note that the kernel puts \n after
@@ -249,7 +249,8 @@ static void make_device(char *path, int delete)
                                 bb_error_msg("unknown user/group %s", tokens[1]);
 
                         /* 3rd field: mode - device permissions */
-                        mode = strtoul(tokens[2], NULL, 8);
+                        /* mode = strtoul(tokens[2], NULL, 8); */
+                        bb_parse_mode(tokens[2], &mode);
 
                         val = tokens[3];
                         /* 4th field (opt): >|=alias */