diff --git a/src/tools/disks.rs b/src/tools/disks.rs
index 81ff39d3..27fbcad1 100644
--- a/src/tools/disks.rs
+++ b/src/tools/disks.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
 use std::io;
 use std::os::unix::ffi::{OsStrExt, OsStringExt};
+use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
@@ -82,8 +83,6 @@ impl DiskManage {
 
     /// Get a `Disk` from a device node (eg. `/dev/sda`).
     pub fn disk_by_node<P: AsRef<Path>>(self: Arc<Self>, devnode: P) -> io::Result<Disk> {
-        use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
-
         let devnode = devnode.as_ref();
 
         let meta = std::fs::metadata(devnode)?;
@@ -121,8 +120,6 @@ impl DiskManage {
 
     /// Gather information about mounted disks:
     fn mounted_devices(&self) -> Result<&HashSet<dev_t>, Error> {
-        use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
-
         self.mounted_devices
             .get_or_try_init(|| -> Result<_, Error> {
                 let mut mounted = HashSet::new();
@@ -645,8 +642,8 @@ pub struct DiskUsageInfo {
 
 fn scan_partitions(
     disk_manager: Arc<DiskManage>,
-    lvm_devices: &HashSet<String>,
-    zfs_devices: &HashSet<String>,
+    lvm_devices: &HashSet<u64>,
+    zfs_devices: &HashSet<u64>,
     device: &str,
 ) -> Result<DiskUsageType, Error> {
 
@@ -676,7 +673,9 @@ fn scan_partitions(
 
         let data = disk_manager.clone().disk_by_sys_path(&part_path)?;
 
-        if lvm_devices.contains(name) {
+        let devnum = data.devnum()?;
+
+        if lvm_devices.contains(&devnum) {
             found_lvm = true;
         }
 
@@ -688,9 +687,9 @@ fn scan_partitions(
             found_dm = true;
         }
 
-        if zfs_devices.contains(name) {
+         if zfs_devices.contains(&devnum) {
             found_zfs = true;
-        }
+         }
     }
 
     if found_mountpoints {
@@ -763,6 +762,8 @@ pub fn get_disks(
 
         let disk = disk_manager.clone().disk_by_sys_path(&sys_path)?;
 
+        let devnum = disk.devnum()?;
+
         let size = match disk.size() {
             Ok(size) => size,
             Err(_) => continue, // skip devices with unreadable size
@@ -775,7 +776,7 @@ pub fn get_disks(
 
         let mut usage = DiskUsageType::Unused;
 
-        if lvm_devices.contains(&name) {
+        if lvm_devices.contains(&devnum) {
             usage = DiskUsageType::LVM;
         }
 
@@ -785,7 +786,7 @@ pub fn get_disks(
             Err(_) => continue, // skip devices with undetectable mount status
         }
 
-        if zfs_devices.contains(&name) {
+        if zfs_devices.contains(&devnum) {
             usage = DiskUsageType::ZFS;
         }
 
@@ -799,6 +800,7 @@ pub fn get_disks(
         let devpath =  disk.device_path().map(|p| p.to_owned())
             .map(|p| p.to_string_lossy().to_string());
 
+
         let wwn = disk.wwn().map(|s| s.to_string_lossy().into_owned());
 
         if usage != DiskUsageType::Mounted {
diff --git a/src/tools/disks/lvm.rs b/src/tools/disks/lvm.rs
index 86b2a616..dc4c0823 100644
--- a/src/tools/disks/lvm.rs
+++ b/src/tools/disks/lvm.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use std::collections::{HashSet, HashMap};
+use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
 
 use anyhow::{format_err, Error};
 use serde_json::Value;
@@ -12,10 +13,10 @@ lazy_static!{
     };
 }
 
-/// Get list of devices used by LVM (pvs).
+/// Get set of devices used by LVM (pvs).
 pub fn get_lvm_devices(
     partition_type_map: &HashMap<String, Vec<String>>,
-) -> Result<HashSet<String>, Error> {
+) -> Result<HashSet<u64>, Error> {
 
     const PVS_BIN_PATH: &str = "/sbin/pvs";
 
@@ -28,13 +29,14 @@ pub fn get_lvm_devices(
     let output = crate::tools::command_output(output, None)
         .map_err(|err| format_err!("pvs command failed: {}", err))?;
 
-    let mut device_set: HashSet<String> = HashSet::new();
+    let mut device_set: HashSet<u64> = HashSet::new();
 
     for device_list in partition_type_map.iter()
         .filter_map(|(uuid, list)| if LVM_UUIDS.contains(uuid.as_str()) { Some(list) } else { None })
     {
         for device in device_list {
-            device_set.insert(device.clone());
+            let meta = std::fs::metadata(device)?;
+            device_set.insert(meta.rdev());
         }
     }
 
@@ -44,7 +46,8 @@ pub fn get_lvm_devices(
         Some(list) => {
             for info in list {
                 if let Some(pv_name) = info["pv_name"].as_str() {
-                    device_set.insert(pv_name.to_string());
+                    let meta = std::fs::metadata(pv_name)?;
+                    device_set.insert(meta.rdev());
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/tools/disks/zfs.rs b/src/tools/disks/zfs.rs
index e5d61fe4..47dfffb8 100644
--- a/src/tools/disks/zfs.rs
+++ b/src/tools/disks/zfs.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
+use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
 
 use anyhow::{bail, Error};
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
@@ -168,11 +169,13 @@ pub fn parse_zfs_list(i: &str) -> Result<Vec<ZFSPoolStatus>, Error> {
     }
 }
 
-/// List devices used by zfs (or a specific zfs pool)
+/// Get set of devices used by zfs (or a specific zfs pool)
+///
+/// The set is indexed by using the unix raw device number (dev_t is u64)
 pub fn zfs_devices(
     partition_type_map: &HashMap<String, Vec<String>>,
     pool: Option<&OsStr>,
-) -> Result<HashSet<String>, Error> {
+) -> Result<HashSet<u64>, Error> {
 
     // Note: zpools list  output can include entries for 'special', 'cache' and 'logs'
     // and maybe other things.
@@ -193,7 +196,8 @@ pub fn zfs_devices(
     let mut device_set = HashSet::new();
     for entry in list {
         for device in entry.devices {
-            device_set.insert(device.clone());
+            let meta = std::fs::metadata(device)?;
+            device_set.insert(meta.rdev());
         }
     }
 
@@ -201,7 +205,8 @@ pub fn zfs_devices(
         .filter_map(|(uuid, list)| if ZFS_UUIDS.contains(uuid.as_str()) { Some(list) } else { None })
     {
         for device in device_list {
-            device_set.insert(device.clone());
+            let meta = std::fs::metadata(device)?;
+            device_set.insert(meta.rdev());
         }
     }