diff --git a/internal/edits/device.go b/internal/edits/device.go
index 8ce05c00b..2b12e0492 100644
--- a/internal/edits/device.go
+++ b/internal/edits/device.go
@@ -130,9 +130,6 @@ func (d *device) getAdditionalGIDs(dn *specs.DeviceNode) []uint32 {
 	if dn.FileMode == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
-	if dn.FileMode.Type()&os.ModeCharDevice == 0 {
-		return nil
-	}
 	if permission := dn.FileMode.Perm(); isWorldReadable(permission) && isWorldWriteable(permission) {
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/nvcdi/lib-csv_test.go b/pkg/nvcdi/lib-csv_test.go
index 8a9e17f9d..3b8507362 100644
--- a/pkg/nvcdi/lib-csv_test.go
+++ b/pkg/nvcdi/lib-csv_test.go
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ func TestDeviceSpecGenerators(t *testing.T) {
 				{
 					Name: "0",
 					ContainerEdits: specs.ContainerEdits{
+						AdditionalGIDs: []uint32{44},
 						DeviceNodes: []*specs.DeviceNode{
 							{Path: "/dev/nvidia0", HostPath: "/dev/nvidia0"},
 							{Path: "/dev/nvidiactl", HostPath: "/dev/nvidiactl"},
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@ func TestDeviceSpecGenerators(t *testing.T) {
 				{
 					Name: "1",
 					ContainerEdits: specs.ContainerEdits{
+						AdditionalGIDs: []uint32{44},
 						DeviceNodes: []*specs.DeviceNode{
 							{Path: "/dev/nvidia1", HostPath: "/dev/nvidia1"},
 							{Path: "/dev/nvidiactl", HostPath: "/dev/nvidiactl"},