diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs.h b/fs/hostfs/hostfs.h
index cca3fb6..70543b1 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs.h
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 extern int unlink_file(const char *file);
 extern int do_mkdir(const char *file, int mode);
 extern int do_rmdir(const char *file);
-extern int do_mknod(const char *file, int mode, int dev);
+extern int do_mknod(const char *file, int mode, unsigned int major, unsigned int minor);
 extern int link_file(const char *from, const char *to);
 extern int do_readlink(char *file, char *buf, int size);
 extern int rename_file(char *from, char *to);
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index 1e6fc37..69a376f 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@
 		goto out_put;
 
 	init_special_inode(inode, mode, dev);
-	err = do_mknod(name, mode, dev);
+	err = do_mknod(name, mode, MAJOR(dev), MINOR(dev));
 	if(err)
 		goto out_free;
 
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_user.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_user.c
index 23b7cee..1ed5ea3 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_user.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_user.c
@@ -295,11 +295,11 @@
 	return(0);
 }
 
-int do_mknod(const char *file, int mode, int dev)
+int do_mknod(const char *file, int mode, unsigned int major, unsigned int minor)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	err = mknod(file, mode, dev);
+	err = mknod(file, mode, makedev(major, minor));
 	if(err) return(-errno);
 	return(0);
 }