diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index bd3012cd3..af9076f5c 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-03-29  Jeff Johnston  <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
+
+	* libc/sys/linux/io.c (__mknod): Fix declaration of
+	syscall to pass a dev_t as third argument rather than
+	a pointer to dev_t.
+
 2006-03-29  Jeff Johnston  <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
 
 	* libc/sys/linux/net/name6.c: Fix struct references.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/sys/linux/io.c b/newlib/libc/sys/linux/io.c
index d6731144a..1fe1bbcfc 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/sys/linux/io.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/sys/linux/io.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ int flock(int fd,int operation)
 
 #if !defined(_ELIX_LEVEL) || _ELIX_LEVEL >= 3
 
-static _syscall3(int,__mknod,const char *,path,mode_t,mode,dev_t *,dev)
+static _syscall3(int,__mknod,const char *,path,mode_t,mode,dev_t,dev)
 
 int mkfifo(const char *path, mode_t mode)
 {