1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 8079afca4972..55e530942ab0 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -777,10 +777,16 @@ static void device_remove_class_symlinks(struct device *dev)
 int dev_set_name(struct device *dev, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
         va_list vargs;
+        char *s;
 
         va_start(vargs, fmt);
         vsnprintf(dev->bus_id, sizeof(dev->bus_id), fmt, vargs);
         va_end(vargs);
+
+        /* ewww... some of these buggers have / in the name... */
+        while ((s = strchr(dev->bus_id, '/')))
+                *s = '!';
+
         return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_set_name);