diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b41e6fb3b..5fa574e2e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-02-27  Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
+
+	* util/getroot.c (find_root_devices_from_poolname): Handle vdevs
+	with full paths.
+
 2012-02-27  Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
 
 	* util/getroot.c (grub_find_root_devices_from_mountinfo): Add missing
diff --git a/util/getroot.c b/util/getroot.c
index 113f2cfc9..2c101b8ba 100644
--- a/util/getroot.c
+++ b/util/getroot.c
@@ -383,7 +383,10 @@ find_root_devices_from_poolname (char *poolname)
 		    devices = xrealloc (devices, sizeof (devices[0])
 					* devices_allocated);
 		  }
-		devices[ndevices++] = xasprintf ("/dev/%s", name);
+		if (name[0] == '/')
+		  devices[ndevices++] = xstrdup (name);
+		else
+		  devices[ndevices++] = xasprintf ("/dev/%s", name);
 	      }
 	    break;
 	  }