diff --git a/sound/pulseaudio/Makefile b/sound/pulseaudio/Makefile
index 0fc979be8..467b2b7e1 100644
--- a/sound/pulseaudio/Makefile
+++ b/sound/pulseaudio/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=pulseaudio
 PKG_VERSION:=4.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://freedesktop.org/software/pulseaudio/releases/
diff --git a/sound/pulseaudio/files/pulseaudio.init b/sound/pulseaudio/files/pulseaudio.init
index 4ac63b3c3..6ad6af3c0 100644
--- a/sound/pulseaudio/files/pulseaudio.init
+++ b/sound/pulseaudio/files/pulseaudio.init
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ start() {
 		chmod 0750 /var/lib/pulse
 		chown pulse:pulse /var/lib/pulse
 	}
+	chown root:pulse /dev/snd/* /dev/mixer /dev/dsp
+	chmod 664 /dev/snd/* /dev/mixer /dev/dsp
+
 	service_start /usr/bin/pulseaudio --daemonize --system --disallow-exit --disallow-module-loading --disable-shm --exit-idle-time=-1
 }