diff --git a/components/engine/pkg/archive/archive_unix.go b/components/engine/pkg/archive/archive_unix.go
index 73814d58d6..ac4a348d5a 100644
--- a/components/engine/pkg/archive/archive_unix.go
+++ b/components/engine/pkg/archive/archive_unix.go
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ func setHeaderForSpecialDevice(hdr *tar.Header, name string, stat interface{}) (
 		// Currently go does not fill in the major/minors
 		if s.Mode&unix.S_IFBLK != 0 ||
 			s.Mode&unix.S_IFCHR != 0 {
-			hdr.Devmajor = int64(major(s.Rdev))
-			hdr.Devminor = int64(minor(s.Rdev))
+			hdr.Devmajor = int64(major(uint64(s.Rdev))) // nolint: unconvert
+			hdr.Devminor = int64(minor(uint64(s.Rdev))) // nolint: unconvert
 		}
 	}