diff --git a/parted-1.8.8-avoid-none-stat.patch b/parted-1.8.8-avoid-none-stat.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e379d2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parted-1.8.8-avoid-none-stat.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/libparted/arch/linux.c b/libparted/arch/linux.c
+index 83e24c8..8734ab7 100644
+--- a/libparted/arch/linux.c
++++ b/libparted/arch/linux.c
+@@ -2107,6 +2107,8 @@ _mount_table_search (const char* file_name, dev_t dev)
+                 return 0;
+         while (fgets (line, 512, file)) {
+                 junk = sscanf (line, "%s", part_name);
++                if (part_name[0] != '/')
++                        continue;
+                 if (stat (part_name, &part_stat) == 0) {
+                         if (part_stat.st_rdev == dev) {
+                                 fclose (file);
diff --git a/parted.spec b/parted.spec
index 1b1f1fd..24e244e 100644
--- a/parted.spec
+++ b/parted.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Summary: The GNU disk partition manipulation program
 Name:    parted
 Version: 1.8.8
-Release: 11%{?dist}
+Release: 12%{?dist}
 License: GPLv3+
 Group:   Applications/System
 URL:     http://www.gnu.org/software/parted
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Patch7:  %{name}-1.8.8-dospartrec.patch
 Patch8:  %{name}-1.8.8-appletv.patch
 Patch9:  %{name}-1.8.8-s390-compile.patch
 Patch10: %{name}-1.8.8-sparc-enableraid.patch
+Patch11: %{name}-1.8.8-avoid-none-stat.patch
 
 Buildroot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: e2fsprogs-devel
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ Parted library, you need to install this package.
 %patch8 -p1 -b .appletv
 %patch9 -p1 -b .s390-compile
 %patch10 -p1 -b .sparc-raid
+%patch11 -p1 -b .avoid-none-stat
 
 %build
 %configure --enable-device-mapper --enable-selinux --disable-static
@@ -125,6 +127,9 @@ fi
 %{_exec_prefix}/%{_lib}/pkgconfig/libparted.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jan 22 2009 Joel Granados <jgranado@redhat.com> - 1.8.8.-12
+- Avoid the calling of stat for strings that don't begin with the "/" char (#353191).
+
 * Sat Dec 13 2008 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa@redhat.com> - 1.8.8-11
 - fix typo in last patch