diff --git a/WHATS_NEW_DM b/WHATS_NEW_DM
index 9cb436202..7de4785e2 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW_DM
+++ b/WHATS_NEW_DM
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 1.02.73 - 
 ====================================
+  Fix dm_task_set_name to properly resolve path to dm name (1.02.71).
   Add dm_strncpy() function as a faster strncpy() replacement.
 
 Version 1.02.72 - 23rd February 2012
diff --git a/libdm/libdm-common.c b/libdm/libdm-common.c
index 54a893a64..48ef49c47 100644
--- a/libdm/libdm-common.c
+++ b/libdm/libdm-common.c
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ static int _dm_task_set_name_from_path(struct dm_task *dmt, const char *path,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (!stat(path, &st2) && (st1.st_rdev == st2.st_rdev))
+	if (!stat(buf, &st2) && (st1.st_rdev == st2.st_rdev))
 		final_name = name;
 	else if (_find_dm_name_of_device(st1.st_rdev, buf, sizeof(buf)))
 		final_name = buf;