diff --git a/package/busybox/inittab b/package/busybox/inittab
index ef58c32f0d..7cd203de0b 100644
--- a/package/busybox/inittab
+++ b/package/busybox/inittab
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@
 # Startup the system
 ::sysinit:/bin/mount -t proc proc /proc
 ::sysinit:/bin/mount -o remount,rw /
-::sysinit:/bin/mkdir -p /dev/pts
-::sysinit:/bin/mkdir -p /dev/shm
+::sysinit:/bin/mkdir -p /dev/pts /dev/shm
 ::sysinit:/bin/mount -a
 null::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd /dev/fd
 null::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd/0 /dev/stdin