diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
index b46727275e5..dae1d7142fe 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ static int init_names(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, int silent)
 	snprintf(sdp->sd_proto_name, GFS2_FSNAME_LEN, "%s", proto);
 	snprintf(sdp->sd_table_name, GFS2_FSNAME_LEN, "%s", table);
 
+	while ((table = strchr(sdp->sd_table_name, '/')))
+		*table = '_';
+
 out:
 	return error;
 }