diff --git a/os_brick/initiator/connectors/fibre_channel.py b/os_brick/initiator/connectors/fibre_channel.py
index 778e4b186..f80b7cfe8 100644
--- a/os_brick/initiator/connectors/fibre_channel.py
+++ b/os_brick/initiator/connectors/fibre_channel.py
@@ -260,21 +260,19 @@ class FibreChannelConnector(base.BaseLinuxConnector):
         """
 
         devices = []
-        volume_paths = self.get_volume_paths(connection_properties)
         wwn = None
+        volume_paths = self.get_volume_paths(connection_properties)
+        mpath_path = None
         for path in volume_paths:
             real_path = self._linuxscsi.get_name_from_path(path)
-            if not wwn:
+            if self.use_multipath and not mpath_path:
                 wwn = self._linuxscsi.get_scsi_wwn(path)
+                mpath_path = self._linuxscsi.find_multipath_device_path(wwn)
+                if mpath_path:
+                    self._linuxscsi.flush_multipath_device(mpath_path)
             device_info = self._linuxscsi.get_device_info(real_path)
             devices.append(device_info)
 
-        if self.use_multipath:
-            # There is a bug in multipath where the flushing
-            # doesn't remove the entry if friendly names are on
-            # we'll try anyway.
-            self._linuxscsi.flush_multipath_device(wwn)
-
         LOG.debug("devices to remove = %s", devices)
         self._remove_devices(connection_properties, devices)
 
diff --git a/os_brick/initiator/linuxscsi.py b/os_brick/initiator/linuxscsi.py
index ec40ae11c..8f617aaa7 100644
--- a/os_brick/initiator/linuxscsi.py
+++ b/os_brick/initiator/linuxscsi.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class LinuxSCSI(executor.Executor):
         LOG.debug("remove multipath device %s", device)
         mpath_dev = self.find_multipath_device(device)
         if mpath_dev:
-            self.flush_multipath_device(mpath_dev['id'])
+            self.flush_multipath_device(mpath_dev['name'])
             devices = mpath_dev['devices']
             LOG.debug("multipath LUNs to remove %s", devices)
             for device in devices:
diff --git a/os_brick/tests/initiator/connectors/test_fibre_channel.py b/os_brick/tests/initiator/connectors/test_fibre_channel.py
index 8e505944f..3881840a4 100644
--- a/os_brick/tests/initiator/connectors/test_fibre_channel.py
+++ b/os_brick/tests/initiator/connectors/test_fibre_channel.py
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ class FibreChannelConnectorTestCase(test_connector.ConnectorTestCase):
                           self.connector.connect_volume,
                           connection_info['data'])
 
+    @mock.patch.object(linuxscsi.LinuxSCSI, 'find_multipath_device_path')
     def _test_connect_volume_multipath(self, get_device_info_mock,
                                        get_scsi_wwn_mock,
                                        get_fc_hbas_info_mock,
@@ -202,7 +203,8 @@ class FibreChannelConnectorTestCase(test_connector.ConnectorTestCase):
                                        wait_for_rw_mock,
                                        find_mp_dev_mock,
                                        access_mode,
-                                       should_wait_for_rw):
+                                       should_wait_for_rw,
+                                       find_mp_device_path_mock):
         self.connector.use_multipath = True
         get_fc_hbas_mock.side_effect = self.fake_get_fc_hbas
         get_fc_hbas_info_mock.side_effect = self.fake_get_fc_hbas_info
@@ -227,7 +229,10 @@ class FibreChannelConnectorTestCase(test_connector.ConnectorTestCase):
         vol = {'id': 1, 'name': name}
         initiator_wwn = ['1234567890123456', '1234567890123457']
 
-        find_mp_dev_mock.return_value = '/dev/disk/by-id/dm-uuid-mpath-' + wwn
+        find_mp_device_path_mock.return_value = '/dev/mapper/mpatha'
+        find_mp_dev_mock.return_value = {"device": "dm-3",
+                                         "id": wwn,
+                                         "name": "mpatha"}
 
         connection_info = self.fibrechan_connection(vol, location,
                                                     initiator_wwn)
@@ -240,7 +245,7 @@ class FibreChannelConnectorTestCase(test_connector.ConnectorTestCase):
         self.connector.disconnect_volume(connection_info['data'],
                                          devices['devices'][0])
         expected_commands = [
-            'multipath -f ' + wwn,
+            'multipath -f ' + find_mp_device_path_mock.return_value,
             'blockdev --flushbufs /dev/sdb',
             'tee -a /sys/block/sdb/device/delete',
             'blockdev --flushbufs /dev/sdc',
diff --git a/os_brick/tests/initiator/test_linuxscsi.py b/os_brick/tests/initiator/test_linuxscsi.py
index 8c46c8916..c4200c129 100644
--- a/os_brick/tests/initiator/test_linuxscsi.py
+++ b/os_brick/tests/initiator/test_linuxscsi.py
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ class LinuxSCSITestCase(base.TestCase):
 
             info = {"device": "dm-3",
                     "id": "350002ac20398383d",
+                    "name": "mpatha",
                     "devices": devices}
             return info
 
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ class LinuxSCSITestCase(base.TestCase):
 
         self.linuxscsi.remove_multipath_device('/dev/dm-3')
         expected_commands = [
-            ('multipath -f 350002ac20398383d'),
+            ('multipath -f mpatha'),
             ('blockdev --flushbufs /dev/sde'),
             ('tee -a /sys/block/sde/device/delete'),
             ('blockdev --flushbufs /dev/sdf'),