diff --git a/common/filter b/common/filter
index 8d9f489b..b229a97d 100644
--- a/common/filter
+++ b/common/filter
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ _filter_od()
 # mknod errors print unquoted filenames
 _filter_mknod()
 {
-	sed -e "s/mknod: '\(.*\)': File exists/mknod: \1: File exists/"
+	sed -e "s/mknod: [\`']\(.*\)': File exists/mknod: \1: File exists/"
 }
 
 # make sure this script returns success