diff --git a/disk/disk_linux.go b/disk/disk_linux.go
index 2a8c50ae4..5015c34ae 100644
--- a/disk/disk_linux.go
+++ b/disk/disk_linux.go
@@ -474,7 +474,11 @@ func IOCountersWithContext(ctx context.Context, names ...string) (map[string]IOC
 		}
 		d.Name = name
 
-		d.SerialNumber, _ = SerialNumberWithContext(ctx, name)
+		// Names passed in can be full paths (/dev/sda) or just device names (sda).
+		// Since `name` here is already a basename, re-add the /dev path.
+		// This is not ideal, but we may break the API by changing how SerialNumberWithContext
+		// works.
+		d.SerialNumber, _ = SerialNumberWithContext(ctx, common.HostDevWithContext(ctx, name))
 		d.Label, _ = LabelWithContext(ctx, name)
 
 		ret[name] = d