diff --git a/package/sysvinit/inittab b/package/sysvinit/inittab
index fad91eae8b..6b0b580e59 100644
--- a/package/sysvinit/inittab
+++ b/package/sysvinit/inittab
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ id:3:initdefault:
 
 si0::sysinit:/bin/mount -t proc proc /proc
 si1::sysinit:/bin/mount -o remount,rw /
-si2::sysinit:/bin/mkdir -p /dev/pts
-si3::sysinit:/bin/mkdir -p /dev/shm
+si2::sysinit:/bin/mkdir -p /dev/pts /dev/shm
 si4::sysinit:/bin/mount -a
 si5::sysinit:/bin/hostname -F /etc/hostname
 rcS:12345:wait:/etc/init.d/rcS