diff --git a/etc/init/udev.conf b/etc/init/udev.conf
index aaaa779..95b8fb0 100644
--- a/etc/init/udev.conf
+++ b/etc/init/udev.conf
@@ -20,20 +20,17 @@ pre-start script
 	fi
 	mount -n -t tmpfs -o mode=0755 udev /dev
 	status_message "udev: tmpfs on /dev created"
-	if [ -d /lib/udev/devices ]; then
-		cp --preserve=all --recursive --remove-destination /lib/udev/devices/* /dev
-		status_message "udev: Static entries copied..."
-	fi
+	test -d /lib/udev/devices &&
+	cp --preserve=all --recursive --remove-destination /lib/udev/devices/* /dev &&
+	status_message "udev: Static entries copied..."
 	/bin/mkdir -p /dev/shm
 	/bin/mkdir -p /dev/pts
 	/bin/mount -n -t tmpfs -o mode=1755 none /dev/shm
-	if [ ! -c /dev/null ]; then
-		/bin/mknod /dev/null c 1 3
-	fi
+	test -c /dev/null ||
+	/bin/mknod /dev/null c 1 3 &&
 	/bin/chmod 666 /dev/null
-	if [ ! -c /dev/console ]; then
-		/bin/mknod /dev/console c 5 1
-	fi
+	test -c /dev/console ||
+	/bin/mknod /dev/console c 5 1 
 	status_message "udev prestart ready"
 end script