diff --git a/etc/MAKEDEV.tmpl b/etc/MAKEDEV.tmpl
index 09e6436a8fe7..22ac81b13aeb 100644
--- a/etc/MAKEDEV.tmpl
+++ b/etc/MAKEDEV.tmpl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh -
-#	$NetBSD: MAKEDEV.tmpl,v 1.59 2006/08/12 19:47:28 christos Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: MAKEDEV.tmpl,v 1.60 2006/08/13 18:53:31 martin Exp $
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2003 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 # All rights reserved.
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ xbd*)
 	;;
 
 dk*)
-	name=dk; unit=${i#xbd}; blk=%dk_blk%; chr=%dk_chr%
+	name=dk; unit=${i#dk}; blk=%dk_blk%; chr=%dk_chr%
 	minor=0 
 	while [ $minor -lt ${i#dk} ]
 	do