diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend.c b/src/storage/storage_backend.c
index b07e0d9f32..e0311e1e3b 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_backend.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_backend.c
@@ -1680,7 +1680,7 @@ virStorageBackendPoolPathIsStable(const char *path)
     if (path == NULL || STREQ(path, "/dev") || STREQ(path, "/dev/"))
         return false;
 
-    if (!STRPREFIX(path, "/dev"))
+    if (!STRPREFIX(path, "/dev/"))
         return false;
 
     return true;