1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/makedevs.c b/miscutils/makedevs.c
index 7bfe54fc1..0268fbb9d 100644
--- a/miscutils/makedevs.c
+++ b/miscutils/makedevs.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ extern int makedevs_main(int argc, char **argv)
         int ret = EXIT_SUCCESS;
 
         unsigned long flags;
-        flags = bb_getopt_ulflags(argc, argv, "d:", &line);
+        flags = bb_getopt_ulflags(argc, argv, "d:", &line);
         if (line)
                 table = bb_xfopen(line, "r");
 
@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@ extern int makedevs_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 if (name[0] == '#') {
                         continue;
                 }
-                
-                gid = group ? get_ug_id(group, bb_xgetgrnam) : getgid();
-                uid = user ? get_ug_id(user, bb_xgetpwnam) : getuid();
+
+                gid = (*group) ? get_ug_id(group, bb_xgetgrnam) : getgid();
+                uid = (*user) ? get_ug_id(user, bb_xgetpwnam) : getuid();
                 full_name = concat_path_file(rootdir, name);
 
                 if (type == 'd') {