diff --git a/sys/src/kern/port/devcons.c b/sys/src/kern/port/devcons.c
index 94266e0..7cebd59 100644
--- a/sys/src/kern/port/devcons.c
+++ b/sys/src/kern/port/devcons.c
@@ -674,7 +674,6 @@ enum{
 	Qkprint,
 	Qhostdomain,
 	Qhostowner,
-	Qnull,
 	Qosversion,
 	Qrandom,
 	Qreboot,
@@ -684,7 +683,6 @@ enum{
 	Qtime,
 	Quser,
 	Qusers,
-	Qzero,
 };
 
 enum
@@ -704,7 +702,6 @@ static Dirtab consdir[]={
 	"hostowner",	{Qhostowner},	0,		0664,
 	"kmesg",	{Qkmesg},	0,		0440,
 	"kprint",	{Qkprint, 0, QTEXCL},	0,	DMEXCL|0440,
-	"null",		{Qnull},	0,		0666,
 	"osversion",	{Qosversion},	0,		0444,
 	"random",	{Qrandom},	0,		0444,
 	"reboot",	{Qreboot},	0,		0664,
@@ -714,7 +711,6 @@ static Dirtab consdir[]={
 	"time",		{Qtime},	NUMSIZE+3*VLNUMSIZE,	0664,
 	"user",		{Quser},	0,		0666,
 	"users",		{Qusers},	0,		0644,
-	"zero",		{Qzero},	0,		0444,
 };
 
 int
@@ -956,9 +952,6 @@ consread(Chan *c, void *buf, long n, int64_t off)
 		free(b);
 		return n;
 
-	case Qnull:
-		return 0;
-
 //	case Qconfig:
 //		return readstr((uint32_t)offset, buf, n, configfile);
 
@@ -1036,10 +1029,6 @@ consread(Chan *c, void *buf, long n, int64_t off)
 	case Qdrivers:
 		return devtabread(c, buf, n, off);
 
-	case Qzero:
-		memset(buf, 0, n);
-		return n;
-
 	case Qosversion:
 		return readstr(offset, buf, n, "2000");
 
@@ -1127,9 +1116,6 @@ conswrite(Chan *c, void *va, long n, int64_t off)
 	case Qusers:
 		return userswrite(a, n);
 
-	case Qnull:
-		break;
-
 //	case Qconfig:
 //		error(Eperm);
 //		break;
diff --git a/sys/src/kern/port/devself.c b/sys/src/kern/port/devself.c
index 572f60d..d2abee9 100644
--- a/sys/src/kern/port/devself.c
+++ b/sys/src/kern/port/devself.c
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ typedef enum SelfNodes
 	Qsegments,
 	Qpipes,
 	Qwdir,
+
+	/* safe resources */
+	Qnull,
+	Qzero,
+
 } SelfNodes;
 
 typedef enum SegmentsCmd
@@ -71,6 +76,9 @@ static Dirtab selfdir[]={
 	"segments",	{Qsegments},		0,		0644,
 	"pipes",	{Qpipes},		0,		0,
 	"wdir",		{Qwdir},		0,		0644,
+
+	"null",		{Qnull},		0,		0666,
+	"zero",		{Qzero},		0,		0444,
 };
 
 
@@ -319,6 +327,12 @@ selfread(Chan *c, void *va, long n, int64_t off)
 	case Qpgrpid:
 		return readnum(offset, va, n, up->pgrp->pgrpid, NUMSIZE);
 
+	case Qnull:
+		return 0;
+	case Qzero:
+		memset(va, 0, n);
+		return n;
+
 	default:
 		error(Egreg);
 	}
@@ -466,6 +480,9 @@ selfwrite(Chan *c, void *va, long n, int64_t off)
 		return procsegctl(up, va, n);
 	case Qwdir:
 		return write_working_dir(up, va, n, off);
+
+	case Qnull:
+		return n;
 	}
 }