diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-12-14-01-46-24.gh-issue-113078.FQ5--F.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-12-14-01-46-24.gh-issue-113078.FQ5--F.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..2065d669d33507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-12-14-01-46-24.gh-issue-113078.FQ5--F.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix POSIX's stat and makedev issue on FreeBSD when using a ZFS filesystem
diff --git a/Modules/clinic/posixmodule.c.h b/Modules/clinic/posixmodule.c.h
index 9d6cd337f4a2f4..46e69686bc5fec 100644
--- a/Modules/clinic/posixmodule.c.h
+++ b/Modules/clinic/posixmodule.c.h
@@ -8411,25 +8411,23 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(os_makedev__doc__,
     {"makedev", _PyCFunction_CAST(os_makedev), METH_FASTCALL, os_makedev__doc__},
 
 static dev_t
-os_makedev_impl(PyObject *module, int major, int minor);
+os_makedev_impl(PyObject *module, unsigned int major, unsigned int minor);
 
 static PyObject *
 os_makedev(PyObject *module, PyObject *const *args, Py_ssize_t nargs)
 {
     PyObject *return_value = NULL;
-    int major;
-    int minor;
+    unsigned int major;
+    unsigned int minor;
     dev_t _return_value;
 
     if (!_PyArg_CheckPositional("makedev", nargs, 2, 2)) {
         goto exit;
     }
-    major = PyLong_AsInt(args[0]);
-    if (major == -1 && PyErr_Occurred()) {
+    if (!_PyLong_UnsignedInt_Converter(args[0], &major)) {
         goto exit;
     }
-    minor = PyLong_AsInt(args[1]);
-    if (minor == -1 && PyErr_Occurred()) {
+    if (!_PyLong_UnsignedInt_Converter(args[1], &minor)) {
         goto exit;
     }
     _return_value = os_makedev_impl(module, major, minor);
@@ -12421,4 +12419,4 @@ os__supports_virtual_terminal(PyObject *module, PyObject *Py_UNUSED(ignored))
 #ifndef OS__SUPPORTS_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_METHODDEF
     #define OS__SUPPORTS_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_METHODDEF
 #endif /* !defined(OS__SUPPORTS_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_METHODDEF) */
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=ff0ec3371de19904 input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=df786a0e56cd68a0 input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index ddbb4cd43babfc..8cf074e6a8511b 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ _Py_Gid_Converter(PyObject *obj, gid_t *p)
 #endif /* MS_WINDOWS */
 
 
-#define _PyLong_FromDev PyLong_FromLongLong
+#define _PyLong_FromDev PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong
 
 
 #if (defined(HAVE_MKNOD) && defined(HAVE_MAKEDEV)) || defined(HAVE_DEVICE_MACROS)
@@ -12040,16 +12040,16 @@ os_minor_impl(PyObject *module, dev_t device)
 /*[clinic input]
 os.makedev -> dev_t
 
-    major: int
-    minor: int
+    major: unsigned_int
+    minor: unsigned_int
     /
 
 Composes a raw device number from the major and minor device numbers.
 [clinic start generated code]*/
 
 static dev_t
-os_makedev_impl(PyObject *module, int major, int minor)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=881aaa4aba6f6a52 input=4b9fd8fc73cbe48f]*/
+os_makedev_impl(PyObject *module, unsigned int major, unsigned int minor)
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=19d6d22807bf0d20 input=27d2f0106009da11]*/
 {
     return makedev(major, minor);
 }