1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/makedevs.c b/miscutils/makedevs.c
index 3b45d70b4..ed08f7ece 100644
--- a/miscutils/makedevs.c
+++ b/miscutils/makedevs.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ int makedevs_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
         getopt32(argv, "d:", &line);
         if (line)
-                table = xfopen(line, "r");
+                table = xfopen_for_read(line);
 
         if (optind >= argc || (rootdir=argv[optind])==NULL) {
                 bb_error_msg_and_die("root directory not specified");