diff --git a/lib/device/dev-type.c b/lib/device/dev-type.c
index a8340b0f5..642ee27da 100644
--- a/lib/device/dev-type.c
+++ b/lib/device/dev-type.c
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ int dev_get_primary_dev(struct dev_types *dt, struct device *dev, dev_t *result)
 		goto out;
 	}
 	*result = MKDEV((dev_t)major, minor);
-	ret = 1;
+	ret = 2;
 out:
 	if (fp && fclose(fp))
 		log_sys_error("fclose", path);