diff --git a/src/solid/devices/backends/fstab/fstabhandling.cpp b/src/solid/devices/backends/fstab/fstabhandling.cpp
--- a/src/solid/devices/backends/fstab/fstabhandling.cpp
+++ b/src/solid/devices/backends/fstab/fstabhandling.cpp
@@ -162,9 +162,14 @@
         if (_k_isFstabNetworkFileSystem(fstype, fsname) ||
             _k_isFstabSupportedLocalFileSystem(fstype)) {
             const QString mountpoint = QFile::decodeName(fe->mnt_dir);
-            const QString device = _k_deviceNameForMountpoint(fsname, fstype, mountpoint);
+            QString device = _k_deviceNameForMountpoint(fsname, fstype, mountpoint);
             QStringList options = QFile::decodeName(fe->mnt_opts).split(QLatin1Char(','));
 
+            // strips last slash so that the device matches the one returned by getmntent when filesystem is mounted
+            // even when fstab mnt_dir ends with a '/' in /etc/fstab
+            if (device.endsWith((QLatin1Char('/')))) {
+                device = device.left(device.length() - 1);
+            }
             globalFstabCache->m_fstabCache.insert(device, mountpoint);
             globalFstabCache->m_fstabFstypeCache.insert(device, fstype);
             while (!options.isEmpty()) {