diff --git a/drivers/staging/erofs/inode.c b/drivers/staging/erofs/inode.c
index 15ed91963e79..c01181153d90 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/erofs/inode.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/erofs/inode.c
@@ -34,8 +34,18 @@ static int read_inode(struct inode *inode, void *data)
 		vi->inode_isize = sizeof(struct erofs_inode_v2);
 		vi->xattr_isize = ondisk_xattr_ibody_size(v2->i_xattr_icount);
 
-		vi->raw_blkaddr = le32_to_cpu(v2->i_u.raw_blkaddr);
 		inode->i_mode = le16_to_cpu(v2->i_mode);
+		if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) || S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) ||
+						S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
+			vi->raw_blkaddr = le32_to_cpu(v2->i_u.raw_blkaddr);
+		} else if (S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode) || S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) {
+			inode->i_rdev =
+				new_decode_dev(le32_to_cpu(v2->i_u.rdev));
+		} else if (S_ISFIFO(inode->i_mode) || S_ISSOCK(inode->i_mode)) {
+			inode->i_rdev = 0;
+		} else {
+			return -EIO;
+		}
 
 		i_uid_write(inode, le32_to_cpu(v2->i_uid));
 		i_gid_write(inode, le32_to_cpu(v2->i_gid));
@@ -54,8 +64,18 @@ static int read_inode(struct inode *inode, void *data)
 		vi->inode_isize = sizeof(struct erofs_inode_v1);
 		vi->xattr_isize = ondisk_xattr_ibody_size(v1->i_xattr_icount);
 
-		vi->raw_blkaddr = le32_to_cpu(v1->i_u.raw_blkaddr);
 		inode->i_mode = le16_to_cpu(v1->i_mode);
+		if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) || S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) ||
+						S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
+			vi->raw_blkaddr = le32_to_cpu(v1->i_u.raw_blkaddr);
+		} else if (S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode) || S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) {
+			inode->i_rdev =
+				new_decode_dev(le32_to_cpu(v1->i_u.rdev));
+		} else if (S_ISFIFO(inode->i_mode) || S_ISSOCK(inode->i_mode)) {
+			inode->i_rdev = 0;
+		} else {
+			return -EIO;
+		}
 
 		i_uid_write(inode, le16_to_cpu(v1->i_uid));
 		i_gid_write(inode, le16_to_cpu(v1->i_gid));
@@ -173,6 +193,12 @@ static int fill_inode(struct inode *inode, int isdir)
 				&page_symlink_inode_operations;
 #endif
 			inode_nohighmem(inode);
+		} else if (S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode) || S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode) ||
+			S_ISFIFO(inode->i_mode) || S_ISSOCK(inode->i_mode)) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_EROFS_FS_XATTR
+			inode->i_op = &erofs_special_inode_operations;
+#endif
+			init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode, inode->i_rdev);
 		} else {
 			err = -EIO;
 			goto out_unlock;
@@ -232,6 +258,12 @@ const struct inode_operations erofs_symlink_xattr_iops = {
 };
 #endif
 
+const struct inode_operations erofs_special_inode_operations = {
+#ifdef CONFIG_EROFS_FS_XATTR
+	.listxattr = erofs_listxattr,
+#endif
+};
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_EROFS_FS_XATTR
 const struct inode_operations erofs_fast_symlink_xattr_iops = {
 	.get_link = simple_get_link,
diff --git a/drivers/staging/erofs/internal.h b/drivers/staging/erofs/internal.h
index 8a8caf0c1efc..5862705c5cae 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/erofs/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/erofs/internal.h
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ extern const struct xattr_handler *erofs_xattr_handlers[];
 #ifdef CONFIG_EROFS_FS_XATTR
 extern const struct inode_operations erofs_symlink_xattr_iops;
 extern const struct inode_operations erofs_fast_symlink_xattr_iops;
+extern const struct inode_operations erofs_special_inode_operations;
 #endif
 
 static inline void set_inode_fast_symlink(struct inode *inode)