diff --git a/libdm/dm-tools/dmfilemapd.c b/libdm/dm-tools/dmfilemapd.c
index f6c04e03e..832722a70 100644
--- a/libdm/dm-tools/dmfilemapd.c
+++ b/libdm/dm-tools/dmfilemapd.c
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	_setup_logging();
 
 	log_info("Starting dmfilemapd with fd=%d, group_id=" FMTu64 " "
-		 "mode=%s, path=%s", fm.fd, fm.group_id,
+		 "mode=%s, path=\"%s\"", fm.fd, fm.group_id,
 		 _mode_names[fm.mode], fm.path);
 
 	if (!_foreground && !_daemonise(&fm)) {
diff --git a/libdm/libdm-stats.c b/libdm/libdm-stats.c
index bf2f0ee88..6f05c01e3 100644
--- a/libdm/libdm-stats.c
+++ b/libdm/libdm-stats.c
@@ -5116,7 +5116,7 @@ int dm_stats_start_filemapd(int fd, uint64_t group_id, const char *path,
 	/* terminate args[argc] */
 	args[argc] = NULL;
 
-	log_very_verbose("Spawning daemon as '%s %d " FMTu64 " %s %s %u %u'",
+	log_very_verbose("Spawning daemon as '%s %d " FMTu64 " \"%s\" %s %u %u'",
 			 *args, fd, group_id, path, mode_str,
 			 foreground, verbose);