--- /usr/lib/python2.7/tarfile.py	2013-08-04 13:58:19.000000000 +0300
+++ tarfile.py.new	2013-08-23 10:52:30.807526618 +0300
@@ -1116,8 +1116,8 @@
             stn(info.get("magic", POSIX_MAGIC), 8),
             stn(info.get("uname", ""), 32),
             stn(info.get("gname", ""), 32),
-            itn(info.get("devmajor", 0), 8, format),
-            itn(info.get("devminor", 0), 8, format),
+            itn(info.get("devmajor", 0), 8, format) if info.get("type") in [CHRTYPE, BLKTYPE] else stn("", 8),
+            itn(info.get("devminor", 0), 8, format) if info.get("type") in [CHRTYPE, BLKTYPE] else stn("", 8),
             stn(info.get("prefix", ""), 155)
         ]