diff --git a/fs/fs.c b/fs/fs.c
index 2d7578b..4983fc7 100644
--- a/fs/fs.c
+++ b/fs/fs.c
@@ -1222,12 +1222,7 @@
 
 int fsdev_open_cdev(struct fs_device_d *fsdev)
 {
-	const char *backingstore = fsdev->backingstore;
-
-	if (!strncmp(backingstore , "/dev/", 5))
-		backingstore += 5;
-
-	fsdev->cdev = cdev_open(backingstore, O_RDWR);
+	fsdev->cdev = cdev_open(fsdev->backingstore, O_RDWR);
 	if (!fsdev->cdev)
 		return -EINVAL;