diff --git a/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vmmc/Makefile b/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vmmc/Makefile
index c96cee819b6030..4972f1c374a98f 100644
--- a/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vmmc/Makefile
+++ b/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vmmc/Makefile
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ define KernelPackage/ltq-vmmc
   DEPENDS:=@(TARGET_lantiq_xway||TARGET_lantiq_xrx200) +kmod-ltq-tapi
   FILES:=$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/src/drv_vmmc.ko
   AUTOLOAD:=$(call AutoProbe,drv_vmmc)
+  USERID:=:vmmc=386
 endef
 
 define KernelPackage/ltq-vmmc/description
diff --git a/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vmmc/files/vmmc.init b/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vmmc/files/vmmc.init
index 402376e2942690..78efe80b980838 100644
--- a/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vmmc/files/vmmc.init
+++ b/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vmmc/files/vmmc.init
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ start() {
 	for i in 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18; do
 		if ! [ -e /dev/vmmc$i ]; then
 			mknod -m 664 /dev/vmmc$i c 122 $i
+			chown root:vmmc /dev/vmmc$i
 		fi
 	done
 }