diff --git a/finit-alt.c b/finit-alt.c
index 37c91cad..4181a030 100644
--- a/finit-alt.c
+++ b/finit-alt.c
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ int main()
 	chardev("/dev/urandom", 0666, 1, 9);
 	chardev("/dev/ptmx", 0666, 5, 2);
 	chardev("/dev/null", 0666, 1, 3);
-	chmod("/dev/null", 0666);	/* blino's sanity check */
+	//chmod("/dev/null", 0666);	/* blino's sanity check */
 	chardev("/dev/mem",  0640, 1, 1);
 	chardev("/dev/tty0",  0660, 4, 0);
 	chardev("/dev/input/mice",  0660, 13, 63);