diff --git a/package/busybox/S10mdev b/package/busybox/S10mdev
index 63ca955b1c..7075b77016 100644
--- a/package/busybox/S10mdev
+++ b/package/busybox/S10mdev
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ case "$1" in
 	echo /sbin/mdev >/proc/sys/kernel/hotplug
 	/sbin/mdev -s
 	# coldplug modules
-	find /sys/ -name modalias -print0 | xargs -0 sort -u -z | xargs -0 modprobe -abq
+	find /sys/ -name modalias -print0 | xargs -0 sort -u | tr '\n' '\0' | \
+	    xargs -0 modprobe -abq
 	;;
   stop)
 	;;