diff --git a/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux.go b/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux.go
index 5713460e486..2006ba3b7da 100644
--- a/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux.go
+++ b/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux.go
@@ -1060,6 +1060,9 @@ next:
 				filemode = *d.FileMode &^ unix.S_IFMT
 			}
 			device := &devices.Device{
+				// NOTE despite the name this is not a device access rule
+				// (those live under cgroup), but merely a way to specify
+				// a device type and major:minor for mknod.
 				Rule: devices.Rule{
 					Type:  dt,
 					Major: d.Major,
diff --git a/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux_test.go b/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux_test.go
index 3e532d490fe..184d71cf94b 100644
--- a/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux_test.go
+++ b/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux_test.go
@@ -865,21 +865,22 @@ func TestNullProcess(t *testing.T) {
 func TestCreateDevices(t *testing.T) {
 	spec := Example()
 
-	// dummy uid/gid for /dev/tty; will enable the test to check if createDevices()
-	// preferred the spec's device over the redundant default device
+	// Dummy uid/gid for /dev/tty; will enable the test to check if createDevices()
+	// preferred the spec's device over the redundant default device.
 	ttyUid := uint32(1000)
 	ttyGid := uint32(1000)
-	fm := os.FileMode(0o666)
+	ttyMode := os.FileMode(0o666)
+	ttyPath := "/dev/tty"
 
 	spec.Linux = &specs.Linux{
 		Devices: []specs.LinuxDevice{
 			{
 				// This is purposely redundant with one of runc's default devices
-				Path:     "/dev/tty",
+				Path:     ttyPath,
 				Type:     "c",
 				Major:    5,
 				Minor:    0,
-				FileMode: &fm,
+				FileMode: &ttyMode,
 				UID:      &ttyUid,
 				GID:      &ttyGid,
 			},
@@ -900,14 +901,11 @@ func TestCreateDevices(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("failed to create devices: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	// Verify the returned default devices has the /dev/tty entry deduplicated
-	found := false
-	for _, d := range defaultDevs {
-		if d.Path == "/dev/tty" {
-			if found {
-				t.Errorf("createDevices failed: returned a duplicated device entry: %v", defaultDevs)
-			}
-			found = true
+	// Verify that /dev/tty is not in defaultDevs,
+	// because the one in spec is preferred.
+	for _, dev := range defaultDevs {
+		if dev.Path == ttyPath {
+			t.Errorf("%s should not be present in defaultDevs", ttyPath)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -934,12 +932,12 @@ func TestCreateDevices(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Verify that createDevices() deduplicated the /dev/tty entry in the config
 	for _, configDev := range conf.Devices {
-		if configDev.Path == "/dev/tty" {
+		if configDev.Path == ttyPath {
 			wantDev := &devices.Device{
-				Path:     "/dev/tty",
-				FileMode: 0o666,
-				Uid:      1000,
-				Gid:      1000,
+				Path:     ttyPath,
+				FileMode: ttyMode,
+				Uid:      ttyUid,
+				Gid:      ttyGid,
 				Rule: devices.Rule{
 					Type:  devices.CharDevice,
 					Major: 5,
@@ -954,7 +952,7 @@ func TestCreateDevices(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Verify that createDevices() added the entry for /dev/ram0 in the config
-	found = false
+	found := false
 	for _, configDev := range conf.Devices {
 		if configDev.Path == "/dev/ram0" {
 			found = true
diff --git a/tests/integration/dev.bats b/tests/integration/dev.bats
index 6493c1c0388..57bc2f0b538 100644
--- a/tests/integration/dev.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/dev.bats
@@ -10,6 +10,36 @@ function teardown() {
 	teardown_bundle
 }
 
+@test "runc run [redundant default /dev/full]" {
+	requires root # Rootless devices behave differently.
+
+	# 1. This is how a device from the default AllowedDevices should work as is.
+	# It's /dev/full so it should return "no space left on device" error.
+	update_config '	.process.args |= ["sh", "-c", "stat /dev/full; echo foo >/dev/full"]'
+	runc run test_dev
+	[ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+	[[ "$output" == *"Device type: 1,7"* ]]
+	[[ "$output" == *": No space left on device"* ]]
+
+	# 2. Add the device to linux.devices only (but not to linux.resources.devices).
+	# This way it will be excluded from the cgroup allow rules.
+	update_config ' .linux.devices += [{"path": "/dev/full", "type": "c", "major": 1, "minor": 7}]'
+	runc run test_dev
+	[ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+	[[ "$output" == *"Device type: 1,7"* ]]
+	[[ "$output" == *": Operation not permitted"* ]]
+
+	# 3. Also add it to cgroups list. Now it should work like the default one (see 1 above).
+	update_config ' .linux.resources.devices = [
+		{"allow": false, "access": "rwm"},
+		{"allow": true, "type": "c", "major": 1, "minor": 7, "access": "rw"}
+	]'
+	runc run test_dev
+	[ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+	[[ "$output" == *"Device type: 1,7"* ]]
+	[[ "$output" == *": No space left on device"* ]]
+}
+
 @test "runc run [redundant default /dev/tty]" {
 	update_config ' .linux.devices += [{"path": "/dev/tty", "type": "c", "major": 5, "minor": 0}]
 		      | .process.args |= ["ls", "-lLn", "/dev/tty"]'