diff --git a/sbin/geom/class/part/geom_part.c b/sbin/geom/class/part/geom_part.c
index 972e2ffaaf53..a0b84c268267 100644
--- a/sbin/geom/class/part/geom_part.c
+++ b/sbin/geom/class/part/geom_part.c
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ find_geom(struct gclass *classp, const char *name)
 {
 	struct ggeom *gp;
 
+	if (strncmp(name, _PATH_DEV, strlen(_PATH_DEV)) == 0)
+		name += strlen(_PATH_DEV);
 	LIST_FOREACH(gp, &classp->lg_geom, lg_geom) {
 		if (strcmp(gp->lg_name, name) == 0)
 			return (gp);