diff --git a/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c b/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
index 620ab9486e..923c2c60f7 100644
--- a/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
+++ b/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
@@ -2569,10 +2569,10 @@ static int create_device(
                 }
         }
 
-        log_debug("%s %s device node \"%s\" %u:%u.",
+        log_debug("%s %s device node \"%s\" " DEVNUM_FORMAT_STR ".",
                   creation_mode_verb_to_string(creation),
                   i->type == CREATE_BLOCK_DEVICE ? "block" : "char",
-                  i->path, major(i->mode), minor(i->mode));
+                  i->path, DEVNUM_FORMAT_VAL(i->major_minor));
 
         return fd_set_perms(c, i, fd, i->path, &st, creation);