diff --git a/common/rc b/common/rc
index c3da064a..7a9fc908 100644
--- a/common/rc
+++ b/common/rc
@@ -3823,7 +3823,7 @@ _short_dev()
 
 _sysfs_dev()
 {
-	local _dev=$1
+	local _dev=`_real_dev $1`
 	local _maj=$(stat -c%t $_dev | tr [:lower:] [:upper:])
 	local _min=$(stat -c%T $_dev | tr [:lower:] [:upper:])
 	_maj=$(echo "ibase=16; $_maj" | bc)