diff --git a/rules.d/60-persistent-storage.rules.in b/rules.d/60-persistent-storage.rules.in
index 51589686af8..a944d7c1579 100644
--- a/rules.d/60-persistent-storage.rules.in
+++ b/rules.d/60-persistent-storage.rules.in
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ KERNEL=="nvme*[0-9]n*[0-9]", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="disk", ATTRS{wwid}=="?*", ENV{ID_WWN
 KERNEL=="nvme*[0-9]n*[0-9]", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="disk", ATTRS{model}=="?*", ENV{ID_MODEL}="$attr{model}"
 KERNEL=="nvme*[0-9]n*[0-9]", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="disk", ATTRS{firmware_rev}=="?*", ENV{ID_REVISION}="$attr{firmware_rev}"
 KERNEL=="nvme*[0-9]n*[0-9]", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="disk", ATTRS{nsid}=="?*", ENV{ID_NSID}="$attr{nsid}"
+# obsolete symlink with non-escaped characters, kept for backward compatiblity
+KERNEL=="nvme*[0-9]n*[0-9]", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="disk", ENV{ID_MODEL}=="?*", ENV{ID_SERIAL_SHORT}=="?*", \
+  ENV{ID_MODEL}!="*/*", ENV{ID_SERIAL_SHORT}!="*/*", \
+  ENV{ID_SERIAL}="$env{ID_MODEL}_$env{ID_SERIAL_SHORT}", SYMLINK+="disk/by-id/nvme-$env{ID_SERIAL}"
 # obsolete symlink that might get overridden on adding a new nvme controller, kept for backward compatibility
 KERNEL=="nvme*[0-9]n*[0-9]", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="disk", ENV{ID_MODEL}=="?*", ENV{ID_SERIAL_SHORT}=="?*", \
   OPTIONS="string_escape=replace", ENV{ID_SERIAL}="$env{ID_MODEL}_$env{ID_SERIAL_SHORT}", SYMLINK+="disk/by-id/nvme-$env{ID_SERIAL}"
@@ -48,6 +52,10 @@ KERNEL=="nvme*[0-9]n*[0-9]p*[0-9]", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="partition", ATTRS{serial}=="?
 KERNEL=="nvme*[0-9]n*[0-9]p*[0-9]", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="partition", ATTRS{model}=="?*", ENV{ID_MODEL}="$attr{model}"
 KERNEL=="nvme*[0-9]n*[0-9]p*[0-9]", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="partition", ATTRS{firmware_rev}=="?*", ENV{ID_REVISION}="$attr{firmware_rev}"
 KERNEL=="nvme*[0-9]n*[0-9]p*[0-9]", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="partition", ATTRS{nsid}=="?*", ENV{ID_NSID}="$attr{nsid}"
+# obsolete symlink with non-escaped characters, kept for backward compatiblity
+KERNEL=="nvme*[0-9]n*[0-9]p*[0-9]", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="partition", ENV{ID_MODEL}=="?*", ENV{ID_SERIAL_SHORT}=="?*", \
+  ENV{ID_MODEL}!="*/*", ENV{ID_SERIAL_SHORT}!="*/*", \
+  ENV{ID_SERIAL}="$env{ID_MODEL}_$env{ID_SERIAL_SHORT}", SYMLINK+="disk/by-id/nvme-$env{ID_SERIAL}-part%n"
 # obsolete symlink that might get overridden on adding a new nvme controller, kept for backward compatibility
 KERNEL=="nvme*[0-9]n*[0-9]p*[0-9]", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="partition", ENV{ID_MODEL}=="?*", ENV{ID_SERIAL_SHORT}=="?*", \
   OPTIONS="string_escape=replace", ENV{ID_SERIAL}="$env{ID_MODEL}_$env{ID_SERIAL_SHORT}", SYMLINK+="disk/by-id/nvme-$env{ID_SERIAL}-part%n"