diff --git a/miscutils/makedevs.c b/miscutils/makedevs.c
index 28b3f499a..54a2e000a 100644
--- a/miscutils/makedevs.c
+++ b/miscutils/makedevs.c
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ int makedevs_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	basedev = argv[1];
 	type = argv[2];
-	Smajor = major(atoi(argv[3]));
-	Sminor = minor(atoi(argv[4]));
+	Smajor = atoi(argv[3]);
+	Sminor = atoi(argv[4]);
 	S = atoi(argv[5]);
 	E = atoi(argv[6]);
 	nodname = argc == 8 ? basedev : buf;