diff --git a/fs/partitions/check.c b/fs/partitions/check.c
index f3b6af0..45ae7dd 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/check.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/check.c
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@
 	char *name;
 	static char *block_str = "block:";
 	int size;
+	char *s;
 
 	size = strlen(block_str) + strlen(disk->disk_name) + 1;
 	name = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -379,6 +380,10 @@
 		return NULL;
 	strcpy(name, block_str);
 	strcat(name, disk->disk_name);
+	/* ewww... some of these buggers have / in name... */
+	s = strchr(name, '/');
+	if (s)
+		*s = '!';
 	return name;
 }