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-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/xmknod.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/xmknod.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/xmknod.c
index 4c5b1f42a4..38d902e652 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/xmknod.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/xmknod.c
@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ __xmknod (int vers, const char *path, mode_t mode, dev_t *dev)
   /* We must convert the value to dev_t type used by the kernel.  */
   k_dev =  (*dev) & ((1ULL << 32) - 1);
   if (k_dev != *dev)
-    return EOVERFLOW;
+    {
+      __set_errno (EINVAL);
+      return -1;
+    }
 
   return INLINE_SYSCALL (mknod, 3, CHECK_STRING (path), mode,
 			 (unsigned int) k_dev);