diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/lxd/test_driver.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/lxd/test_driver.py
index e5ecb82d..8d9f9053 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/lxd/test_driver.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/lxd/test_driver.py
@@ -812,18 +812,24 @@ class LXDDriverTest(test.NoDBTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(0, self.client.profiles.get.call_count)
         container.stop.assert_called_once_with(wait=True)
 
-    @mock.patch('os.readlink')
-    def test_attach_volume(self, readlink):
+    @mock.patch('os.major')
+    @mock.patch('os.minor')
+    @mock.patch('os.stat')
+    @mock.patch('os.path.realpath')
+    def test_attach_volume(self, realpath, stat, minor, major):
         profile = mock.Mock()
         self.client.profiles.get.return_value = profile
-        readlink.return_value = '/dev/sdc'
+        realpath.return_value = '/dev/sdc'
+        stat.return_value.st_rdev = 2080
+        minor.return_value = 32
+        major.return_value = 8
         ctx = context.get_admin_context()
         instance = fake_instance.fake_instance_obj(ctx, name='test')
         connection_info = fake_connection_info(
             {'id': 1, 'name': 'volume-00000001'},
             '10.0.2.15:3260', 'iqn.2010-10.org.openstack:volume-00000001',
             auth=True)
-        mountpoint = mock.Mock()
+        mountpoint = '/dev/sdd'
 
         lxd_driver = driver.LXDDriver(None)
         lxd_driver.init_host(None)
diff --git a/nova/virt/lxd/driver.py b/nova/virt/lxd/driver.py
index 9a1dd52f..450838fc 100644
--- a/nova/virt/lxd/driver.py
+++ b/nova/virt/lxd/driver.py
@@ -479,12 +479,14 @@ class LXDDriver(driver.ComputeDriver):
 
         device_info = self.storage_driver.connect_volume(
             connection_info['data'])
-        disk = os.readlink(device_info['path']).rpartition("/")[2]
+        disk = os.stat(os.path.realpath(device_info['path']))
         vol_id = connection_info['data']['volume_id']
 
         disk_device = {
             vol_id: {
-                'path': '/dev/%s' % disk,
+                'path': mountpoint,
+                'major': '%s' % os.major(disk.st_rdev),
+                'minor': '%s' % os.minor(disk.st_rdev),
                 'type': 'unix-block'
             }
         }