Index: sbin/mount/mount_fs.c
===================================================================
--- sbin/mount/mount_fs.c
+++ sbin/mount/mount_fs.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 	int iovlen;
 	int mntflags = 0;
 	int ch;
-	char *dev, *dir, mntpath[MAXPATHLEN];
+	char *dev, *dir, mntpath[MAXPATHLEN], resolveddev[PATH_MAX];
 	char fstype[32];
 	char errmsg[255];
 	char *p, *val;
@@ -123,7 +123,10 @@
 		warn("%s", mntpath);
 		return (1);
 	}
-	(void)rmslashes(dev, dev);
+	if (realpath(dev, resolveddev) != NULL)
+		dev = resolveddev;
+	else
+		(void)rmslashes(dev, dev);
 
 	build_iovec(&iov, &iovlen, "fstype", fstype, (size_t)-1);
 	build_iovec(&iov, &iovlen, "fspath", mntpath, (size_t)-1);