diff --git a/bin/device2grub b/bin/device2grub
index 43736e998..3325ead10 100755
--- a/bin/device2grub
+++ b/bin/device2grub
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ if ($map{$disk}) {
   opendir (my $dh, $devbyid) || die "Can't open /dev/disk/by-id\n";
 
   while (my $diskid = readdir $dh) {
-    next if ($diskid =~ /[.].*/);
+    next if ($diskid =~ /^[.].*/);
 
     $diskid = "$devbyid/$diskid";
     my $shortdev = abs_path($diskid);