diff --git a/etc/etc.i386/MAKEDEV b/etc/etc.i386/MAKEDEV
index bae2369cec5b..59f9c088bb98 100644
--- a/etc/etc.i386/MAKEDEV
+++ b/etc/etc.i386/MAKEDEV
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -
 #
-#	$NetBSD: MAKEDEV,v 1.43 1996/09/08 03:16:28 mycroft Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: MAKEDEV,v 1.44 1996/09/08 03:33:55 mycroft Exp $
 #
 # Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
 # All rights reserved.
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ wt*)
 
 rd*)
 	case $i in
-	rd*) name=rd;	unit=${i#rd};	chr=9;	blk=17;;
+	rd*) name=rd;	unit=${i#rd};	chr=24;	blk=17;;
 	esac
 	rm -f $name$unit r$name$unit
 	mknod $name$unit	b $blk $(($unit +  0))