1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev/init b/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev/init
index bfbac0d95d..6a4464c639 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev/init
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev/init
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ echo "Starting udev"
 # mount the tmpfs on /dev, if not already done
 LANG=C awk '$2 == "/dev" && ($3 == "tmpfs" || $3 == "devtmpfs") { exit 1 }' /proc/mounts && {
         mount -n -o mode=0755 -t tmpfs none "/dev"
-        mkdir -m 0755 /dev/pts
-        mkdir -m 1777 /dev/shm
 }
+[ -e /dev/pts ] || mkdir -m 0755 /dev/pts
+[ -e /dev/shm ] || mkdir -m 1777 /dev/shm
+
 
 if [ -e /etc/dev.tar ]; then
         (cd /; tar xf /etc/dev.tar 2>&1 | grep -v 'time stamp' || true)