diff --git a/sys/fs/ext2fs/ext2_vnops.c b/sys/fs/ext2fs/ext2_vnops.c
--- a/sys/fs/ext2fs/ext2_vnops.c
+++ b/sys/fs/ext2fs/ext2_vnops.c
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@
 	vap->va_nlink = ip->i_nlink;
 	vap->va_uid = ip->i_uid;
 	vap->va_gid = ip->i_gid;
-	vap->va_rdev = ip->i_rdev;
+	vap->va_rdev = VN_ISDEV(vp) ? ip->i_rdev : NODEV;
 	vap->va_size = ip->i_size;
 	vap->va_atime.tv_sec = ip->i_atime;
 	vap->va_atime.tv_nsec = E2DI_HAS_XTIME(ip) ? ip->i_atimensec : 0;