diff --git a/grub-core/osdep/hurd/getroot.c b/grub-core/osdep/hurd/getroot.c
index c66b206fa..69af72206 100644
--- a/grub-core/osdep/hurd/getroot.c
+++ b/grub-core/osdep/hurd/getroot.c
@@ -112,9 +112,23 @@ grub_util_find_hurd_root_device (const char *path)
   if (strncmp (name, "device:", sizeof ("device:") - 1) == 0)
     {
       char *dev_name = name + sizeof ("device:") - 1;
-      size_t size = sizeof ("/dev/") - 1 + strlen (dev_name) + 1;
+      size_t size;
       char *next;
-      ret = malloc (size);
+
+      if (dev_name[0] == '@')
+        {
+	  /*
+	   * Non-bootstrap disk driver, the /dev/ entry is normally set up with
+	   * the same @.
+	   */
+          char *next_name = strchr (dev_name, ':');
+
+          if (next_name)
+            dev_name = next_name + 1;
+        }
+
+      size = sizeof ("/dev/") - 1 + strlen (dev_name) + 1;
+      ret = xmalloc (size);
       next = stpncpy (ret, "/dev/", size);
       stpncpy (next, dev_name, size - (next - ret));
     }
diff --git a/grub-core/osdep/hurd/hostdisk.c b/grub-core/osdep/hurd/hostdisk.c
index c47b5a5ea..8196d8c0e 100644
--- a/grub-core/osdep/hurd/hostdisk.c
+++ b/grub-core/osdep/hurd/hostdisk.c
@@ -87,6 +87,23 @@ grub_util_hurd_get_disk_info (const char *dev, grub_uint32_t *secsize, grub_disk
 	  *parent = xmalloc (len+1);
 	  memcpy (*parent, data, len);
 	  (*parent)[len] = '\0';
+
+	  if ((*parent)[0] == '@')
+	    {
+	      /*
+	       * Non-bootstrap disk driver, the /dev/ entry is normally set up with
+	       * the same @.
+	       */
+	      char *next_path = strchr (*parent, ':');
+
+	      if (next_path)
+		{
+		  char *n = xstrdup (next_path + 1);
+
+		  free (*parent);
+		  *parent = n;
+		}
+	    }
 	}
     }
   if (offset)