diff --git a/src/util/virdevmapper.c b/src/util/virdevmapper.c
index feb5982315..79dbc3d02a 100644
--- a/src/util/virdevmapper.c
+++ b/src/util/virdevmapper.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ virDevMapperGetTargetsImpl(const char *path,
                            char ***devPaths_ret,
                            unsigned int ttl)
 {
+    struct stat sb;
     struct dm_task *dmt = NULL;
     struct dm_deps *deps;
     struct dm_info info;
@@ -82,6 +83,15 @@ virDevMapperGetTargetsImpl(const char *path,
         return ret;
     }
 
+    if (stat(path, &sb) < 0) {
+        if (errno == ENOENT)
+            return 0;
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (!dm_is_dm_major(major(sb.st_dev)))
+        return 0;
+
     if (!(dmt = dm_task_create(DM_DEVICE_DEPS))) {
         if (errno == ENOENT || errno == ENODEV) {
             /* It's okay. Kernel is probably built without