1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/archival/libunarchive/get_header_tar.c b/archival/libunarchive/get_header_tar.c
index beaf3087f..9134d6db6 100644
--- a/archival/libunarchive/get_header_tar.c
+++ b/archival/libunarchive/get_header_tar.c
@@ -211,9 +211,12 @@ char get_header_tar(archive_handle_t *archive_handle)
         /* getOctal trashes subsequent field, therefore we call it
          * on fields in reverse order */
         if (tar.devmajor[0]) {
+                char t = tar.prefix[0];
+                /* we trash prefix[0] here, but we DO need it later! */
                 unsigned minor = GET_OCTAL(tar.devminor);
                 unsigned major = GET_OCTAL(tar.devmajor);
                 file_header->device = makedev(major, minor);
+                tar.prefix[0] = t;
         }
         file_header->link_target = NULL;
         if (!linkname && parse_names && tar.linkname[0]) {