---
 libmultipath/alias.c |    8 ++++++++
 libmultipath/alias.h |    1 +
 multipath/main.c     |    7 ++++++-
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: multipath-tools-130222/libmultipath/alias.c
===================================================================
--- multipath-tools-130222.orig/libmultipath/alias.c
+++ multipath-tools-130222/libmultipath/alias.c
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@
  * See the file COPYING included with this distribution for more details.
  */
 
+int
+valid_alias(char *alias)
+{
+	if (strchr(alias, '/') != NULL)
+		return 0;
+	return 1;
+}
+
 
 static int
 format_devname(char *name, int id, int len, char *prefix)
Index: multipath-tools-130222/libmultipath/alias.h
===================================================================
--- multipath-tools-130222.orig/libmultipath/alias.h
+++ multipath-tools-130222/libmultipath/alias.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 "# alias wwid\n" \
 "#\n"
 
+int valid_alias(char *alias);
 char *get_user_friendly_alias(char *wwid, char *file, char *prefix,
 			      int bindings_readonly);
 int get_user_friendly_wwid(char *alias, char *buff, char *file);
Index: multipath-tools-130222/multipath/main.c
===================================================================
--- multipath-tools-130222.orig/multipath/main.c
+++ multipath-tools-130222/multipath/main.c
@@ -454,8 +454,9 @@ get_dev_type(char *dev) {
 	}
 	else if (sscanf(dev, "%d:%d", &i, &i) == 2)
 		return DEV_DEVT;
-	else
+	else if (valid_alias(dev))
 		return DEV_DEVMAP;
+	return DEV_NONE;
 }
 
 int
@@ -607,6 +608,10 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
 		strncpy(conf->dev, argv[optind], FILE_NAME_SIZE);
 		conf->dev_type = get_dev_type(conf->dev);
+		if (conf->dev_type == DEV_NONE) {
+			condlog(0, "'%s' is not a valid argument\n", conf->dev);
+			goto out;
+		}
 	}
 	conf->daemon = 0;