diff --git a/package/busybox/S10mdev b/package/busybox/S10mdev
index 4cb31de42d..63ca955b1c 100644
--- a/package/busybox/S10mdev
+++ b/package/busybox/S10mdev
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ case "$1" in
 	echo /sbin/mdev >/proc/sys/kernel/hotplug
 	/sbin/mdev -s
 	# coldplug modules
-	find /sys/ -name modalias | xargs sort -u | xargs modprobe -abq
+	find /sys/ -name modalias -print0 | xargs -0 sort -u -z | xargs -0 modprobe -abq
 	;;
   stop)
 	;;