diff --git a/fs/nfs/namespace.c b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
index 6559253..dd057bc 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
  * @dentry - pointer to dentry
  * @buffer - result buffer
  * @buflen - length of buffer
+ * @flags - options (see below)
  *
  * Helper function for constructing the server pathname
  * by arbitrary hashed dentry.
@@ -40,8 +41,14 @@
  * This is mainly for use in figuring out the path on the
  * server side when automounting on top of an existing partition
  * and in generating /proc/mounts and friends.
+ *
+ * Supported flags:
+ * NFS_PATH_CANONICAL: ensure there is exactly one slash after
+ *		       the original device (export) name
+ *		       (if unset, the original name is returned verbatim)
  */
-char *nfs_path(char **p, struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, ssize_t buflen)
+char *nfs_path(char **p, struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, ssize_t buflen,
+	       unsigned flags)
 {
 	char *end;
 	int namelen;
@@ -74,7 +81,7 @@
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		goto rename_retry;
 	}
-	if (*end != '/') {
+	if ((flags & NFS_PATH_CANONICAL) && *end != '/') {
 		if (--buflen < 0) {
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -91,9 +98,11 @@
 		return end;
 	}
 	namelen = strlen(base);
-	/* Strip off excess slashes in base string */
-	while (namelen > 0 && base[namelen - 1] == '/')
-		namelen--;
+	if (flags & NFS_PATH_CANONICAL) {
+		/* Strip off excess slashes in base string */
+		while (namelen > 0 && base[namelen - 1] == '/')
+			namelen--;
+	}
 	buflen -= namelen;
 	if (buflen < 0) {
 		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);