diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index 59b133c5d652..a54fe51c1dfb 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -353,8 +353,9 @@ extern void nfs_sb_active(struct super_block *sb);
 extern void nfs_sb_deactive(struct super_block *sb);
 
 /* namespace.c */
+#define NFS_PATH_CANONICAL 1
 extern char *nfs_path(char **p, struct dentry *dentry,
-		      char *buffer, ssize_t buflen);
+		      char *buffer, ssize_t buflen, unsigned flags);
 extern struct vfsmount *nfs_d_automount(struct path *path);
 struct vfsmount *nfs_submount(struct nfs_server *, struct dentry *,
 			      struct nfs_fh *, struct nfs_fattr *);
@@ -498,7 +499,7 @@ static inline char *nfs_devname(struct dentry *dentry,
 				char *buffer, ssize_t buflen)
 {
 	char *dummy;
-	return nfs_path(&dummy, dentry, buffer, buflen);
+	return nfs_path(&dummy, dentry, buffer, buflen, NFS_PATH_CANONICAL);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/nfs/namespace.c b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
index 655925373b91..dd057bc6b65b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ int nfs_mountpoint_expiry_timeout = 500 * HZ;
  * @dentry - pointer to dentry
  * @buffer - result buffer
  * @buflen - length of buffer
+ * @flags - options (see below)
  *
  * Helper function for constructing the server pathname
  * by arbitrary hashed dentry.
@@ -40,8 +41,14 @@ int nfs_mountpoint_expiry_timeout = 500 * HZ;
  * This is mainly for use in figuring out the path on the
  * server side when automounting on top of an existing partition
  * and in generating /proc/mounts and friends.
+ *
+ * Supported flags:
+ * NFS_PATH_CANONICAL: ensure there is exactly one slash after
+ *		       the original device (export) name
+ *		       (if unset, the original name is returned verbatim)
  */
-char *nfs_path(char **p, struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, ssize_t buflen)
+char *nfs_path(char **p, struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, ssize_t buflen,
+	       unsigned flags)
 {
 	char *end;
 	int namelen;
@@ -74,7 +81,7 @@ rename_retry:
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		goto rename_retry;
 	}
-	if (*end != '/') {
+	if ((flags & NFS_PATH_CANONICAL) && *end != '/') {
 		if (--buflen < 0) {
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -91,9 +98,11 @@ rename_retry:
 		return end;
 	}
 	namelen = strlen(base);
-	/* Strip off excess slashes in base string */
-	while (namelen > 0 && base[namelen - 1] == '/')
-		namelen--;
+	if (flags & NFS_PATH_CANONICAL) {
+		/* Strip off excess slashes in base string */
+		while (namelen > 0 && base[namelen - 1] == '/')
+			namelen--;
+	}
 	buflen -= namelen;
 	if (buflen < 0) {
 		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c
index 79fbb61ce202..1e09eb78543b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ static char *nfs_path_component(const char *nfspath, const char *end)
 static char *nfs4_path(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, ssize_t buflen)
 {
 	char *limit;
-	char *path = nfs_path(&limit, dentry, buffer, buflen);
+	char *path = nfs_path(&limit, dentry, buffer, buflen,
+			      NFS_PATH_CANONICAL);
 	if (!IS_ERR(path)) {
 		char *path_component = nfs_path_component(path, limit);
 		if (path_component)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
index e831bce49766..13c2a5be4765 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ int nfs_show_devname(struct seq_file *m, struct dentry *root)
 	int err = 0;
 	if (!page)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	devname = nfs_path(&dummy, root, page, PAGE_SIZE);
+	devname = nfs_path(&dummy, root, page, PAGE_SIZE, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(devname))
 		err = PTR_ERR(devname);
 	else