diff --git a/src/system/kernel/device_manager/devfs.cpp b/src/system/kernel/device_manager/devfs.cpp
index 26c62c6552..82fbc8f389 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/device_manager/devfs.cpp
+++ b/src/system/kernel/device_manager/devfs.cpp
@@ -707,6 +707,7 @@ publish_device(struct devfs* fs, const char* path, BaseDevice* device)
 	// all went fine, let's initialize the node
 	node->stream.type = S_IFCHR | 0644;
 	node->stream.u.dev.device = device;
+	device->SetID(node->id);
 
 	// the node is now fully valid and we may insert it into the dir
 	publish_node(fs, dirNode, node);