diff --git a/sh/tmpfiles.sh.in b/sh/tmpfiles.sh.in
index 22d5f1f..b59f4cb 100755
--- a/sh/tmpfiles.sh.in
+++ b/sh/tmpfiles.sh.in
@@ -54,17 +54,19 @@ relabel() {
 _b() {
 	# Create a block device node if it doesn't exist yet
 	local path=$1 mode=$2 uid=$3 gid=$4 age=$5 arg=$6
-	[ ! -e "$path" ] && \
-		dryrun_or_real mknod -m $mode $path b ${arg%:*} ${arg#*:} && \
+	if [ ! -e "$path" ]; then
+		dryrun_or_real mknod -m $mode $path b ${arg%:*} ${arg#*:}
 		dryrun_or_real chown $uid:$gid $path
+	fi
 }
 
 _c() {
 	# Create a character device node if it doesn't exist yet
 	local path=$1 mode=$2 uid=$3 gid=$4 age=$5 arg=$6
-	[ ! -e "$path" ] && \
-		dryrun_or_real mknod -m $mode $path c ${arg%:*} ${arg#*:} && \
+	if [ ! -e "$path" ]; then
+		dryrun_or_real mknod -m $mode $path c ${arg%:*} ${arg#*:}
 		dryrun_or_real chown $uid:$gid $path
+	fi
 }