diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index d2ee566343083..18f70854f5285 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -565,8 +565,12 @@ struct rpc_clnt *rpc_create(struct rpc_create_args *args)
 		servername[0] = '\0';
 		switch (args->address->sa_family) {
 		case AF_LOCAL:
-			snprintf(servername, sizeof(servername), "%s",
-				 sun->sun_path);
+			if (sun->sun_path[0])
+				snprintf(servername, sizeof(servername), "%s",
+					 sun->sun_path);
+			else
+				snprintf(servername, sizeof(servername), "@%s",
+					 sun->sun_path+1);
 			break;
 		case AF_INET:
 			snprintf(servername, sizeof(servername), "%pI4",
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 5f9030b81c9ea..515328a8dafe1 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -253,7 +253,12 @@ static void xs_format_common_peer_addresses(struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
 	switch (sap->sa_family) {
 	case AF_LOCAL:
 		sun = xs_addr_un(xprt);
-		strscpy(buf, sun->sun_path, sizeof(buf));
+		if (sun->sun_path[0]) {
+			strscpy(buf, sun->sun_path, sizeof(buf));
+		} else {
+			buf[0] = '@';
+			strscpy(buf+1, sun->sun_path+1, sizeof(buf)-1);
+		}
 		xprt->address_strings[RPC_DISPLAY_ADDR] =
 						kstrdup(buf, GFP_KERNEL);
 		break;
@@ -2858,7 +2863,7 @@ static struct rpc_xprt *xs_setup_local(struct xprt_create *args)
 
 	switch (sun->sun_family) {
 	case AF_LOCAL:
-		if (sun->sun_path[0] != '/') {
+		if (sun->sun_path[0] != '/' && sun->sun_path[0] != '\0') {
 			dprintk("RPC:       bad AF_LOCAL address: %s\n",
 					sun->sun_path);
 			ret = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);