diff --git a/PVE/Diskmanage.pm b/PVE/Diskmanage.pm
index def0791..854f0a5 100644
--- a/PVE/Diskmanage.pm
+++ b/PVE/Diskmanage.pm
@@ -79,8 +79,11 @@ sub get_smart_data {
 
     my $returncode = 0;
 
-    $disk =~ s/n\d+$//
-        if $disk =~ m!^/dev/nvme\d+n\d+$!;
+    if ($disk =~ m!^/dev/(nvme\d+n\d+)$!) {
+	my $info = get_sysdir_info("/sys/block/$1");
+	$disk = "/dev/".($info->{device}
+	    or die "failed to get nvme controller device for $disk\n");
+    }
 
     my $cmd = [$SMARTCTL, '-H'];
     push @$cmd, '-A', '-f', 'brief' if !$healthonly;
@@ -306,6 +309,11 @@ sub get_sysdir_info {
     $data->{vendor} = file_read_firstline("$sysdir/device/vendor") || 'unknown';
     $data->{model} = file_read_firstline("$sysdir/device/model") || 'unknown';
 
+    if (defined(my $device = readlink("$sysdir/device"))) {
+	# strip directory and untaint:
+	($data->{device}) = $device =~ m!([^/]+)$!;
+    }
+
     return $data;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/disk_tests/nvme_smart/nvme0n1/device/model b/test/disk_tests/nvme_smart/nvme0/model
similarity index 100%
rename from test/disk_tests/nvme_smart/nvme0n1/device/model
rename to test/disk_tests/nvme_smart/nvme0/model
diff --git a/test/disk_tests/nvme_smart/nvme0n1/device b/test/disk_tests/nvme_smart/nvme0n1/device
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..e890f3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/disk_tests/nvme_smart/nvme0n1/device
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../nvme0
\ No newline at end of file