diff --git a/libparted/arch/linux.c b/libparted/arch/linux.c
index 83e24c8..8734ab7 100644
--- a/libparted/arch/linux.c
+++ b/libparted/arch/linux.c
@@ -2107,6 +2107,8 @@ _mount_table_search (const char* file_name, dev_t dev)
                 return 0;
         while (fgets (line, 512, file)) {
                 junk = sscanf (line, "%s", part_name);
+                if (part_name[0] != '/')
+                        continue;
                 if (stat (part_name, &part_stat) == 0) {
                         if (part_stat.st_rdev == dev) {
                                 fclose (file);