diff --git a/package/busybox/inittab b/package/busybox/inittab
index 3f49f6bd7a..368b037ee2 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
 ::sysinit:/bin/hostname -F /etc/hostname
 # now run any rc scripts