1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/util-linux/mdev.c b/util-linux/mdev.c
index 22005aaee..17e5e88c6 100644
--- a/util-linux/mdev.c
+++ b/util-linux/mdev.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ struct globals {
 /* mknod in /dev based on a path like "/sys/block/hda/hda1" */
 static void make_device(char *path, int delete)
 {
-        char *device_name;
+        const char *device_name;
         int major, minor, type, len;
         int mode = 0660;
         uid_t uid = 0;
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static void make_device(char *path, int delete)
 
         /* Determine device name, type, major and minor */
 
-        device_name = strrchr(path, '/') + 1;
+        device_name = bb_basename(path);
         type = path[5]=='c' ? S_IFCHR : S_IFBLK;
 
         /* If we have a config file, look up permissions for this device */