diff --git a/fs/devfs.c b/fs/devfs.c
index 5d0bb2c..84c619f 100644
--- a/fs/devfs.c
+++ b/fs/devfs.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
 	switch (mode & S_IFMT) {
 	default:
 		return NULL;
-	case S_IFREG:
+	case S_IFCHR:
 		inode->i_op = &devfs_file_inode_operations;
 		inode->i_fop = &devfs_file_operations;
 		break;
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
 	if (!cdev)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 
-	inode = devfs_get_inode(dir->i_sb, dir, S_IFREG | S_IRWXUGO);
+	inode = devfs_get_inode(dir->i_sb, dir, S_IFCHR | S_IRWXUGO);
 	if (!inode)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);