diff --git a/start_udev b/start_udev
index d9969d0..edae2a3 100755
--- a/start_udev
+++ b/start_udev
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ touch_recursive() {
 		[[ -c "$i" || -b "$i" ]] && touch "$i"
 		[ -d "$i" ] && touch_recursive "$i"
 	done )
+	return 0
 }
 
 xargs_simple () {
diff --git a/udev.spec b/udev.spec
index 021cf34..c061c7f 100644
--- a/udev.spec
+++ b/udev.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 Summary: A userspace implementation of devfs
 Name: udev
 Version: 145
-Release: 16%{?dist}
+Release: 17%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2
 Group: System Environment/Base
 Provides: udev-persistent = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -379,6 +379,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %attr(0644,root,root) %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/gudev-1.0*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 22 2010 Harald Hoyer <harald@redhat.com> 145-17
+- fixed return code of touching the device nodes [FAIL] -> [OK]
+
 * Wed Mar 17 2010 Harald Hoyer <harald@redhat.com> 145-16
 - let cdrom_id use O_EXCL (#566535)
 - fix interface rename bug (#531074 #544357)