1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/find_root_device.c b/libbb/find_root_device.c
index 81824a216..2600ce5e0 100644
--- a/libbb/find_root_device.c
+++ b/libbb/find_root_device.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 
 
-extern char *find_real_root_device_name(const char* name)
+extern char *find_real_root_device_name(void)
 {
         DIR *dir;
         struct dirent *entry;
@@ -54,7 +54,11 @@ extern char *find_real_root_device_name(const char* name)
                                  * would get a false positive on ".."  */
                                 if (myname[0] == '.' && myname[1] == '.' && !myname[2])
                                         continue;
-
+#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_DEVFS
+                                /* if there is a link named /dev/root skip that too */
+                                if (strcmp(myname, "root")==0)
+                                        continue;
+#endif
                                 fileName = concat_path_file("/dev", myname);
 
                                 /* Some char devices have the same dev_t as block