diff --git a/packages/sysutils/automountd/scripts/hmount b/packages/sysutils/automountd/scripts/hmount
index 444f4b4406..5d1d3ad373 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/automountd/scripts/hmount
+++ b/packages/sysutils/automountd/scripts/hmount
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 TYPE="$1"
 DEVICE="$2"
-MP="$3"
+MP=`echo "$3" | sed "s| #|-|g"`
 FSTYPE="$4"
 
 do_mount () {
-  MNT="/mnt/$2"
+  MNT="/mnt/`echo "$2" | sed "s| #|-|g"`"
   mkdir -p "$MNT"
   mount -o ro -t $3 $1 "$MNT" && echo "$1        $MNT        $3" >> /var/tmp/mnts
 }
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/automountd/scripts/humount b/packages/sysutils/automountd/scripts/humount
index 278b96e775..5ddee83e06 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/automountd/scripts/humount
+++ b/packages/sysutils/automountd/scripts/humount
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 TYPE="$1"
 DEVICE="$2"
-MP="$3"
+MP=`echo "$3" | sed "s| #|-|g"`
 FSTYPE="$4"
 
 do_umount () {
-  MNT="/mnt/$2"
+  MNT="/mnt/`echo "$2" | sed "s| #|-|g"`"
   umount -l "$MNT"
   rmdir "$MNT" && sed -i "s%^$1\>.*%%" /var/tmp/mnts
 }