diff --git a/etc/MAKEDEV b/etc/MAKEDEV
index aa0d4dc0d76b..3dbeb3cb316b 100644
--- a/etc/MAKEDEV
+++ b/etc/MAKEDEV
@@ -1547,7 +1547,7 @@ mlx*)
 3dfx*)
 	unit=`expr $i : '3dfx\(.*\)'`
 	mknod 3dfx$unit c 107 $unit
-	ln -s 3dfx$unit 3dfx
+	ln -sf 3dfx$unit 3dfx
 	;;
 
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