diff -pruN e2fsprogs-1.41.14.orig/misc/fsck.c e2fsprogs-1.41.14/misc/fsck.c
--- e2fsprogs-1.41.14.orig/misc/fsck.c	2009-08-13 05:39:57 +0400
+++ e2fsprogs-1.41.14/misc/fsck.c	2012-09-12 15:16:41 +0400
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ static int parse_fstab_line(char *line,
 {
 	char	*dev, *device, *mntpnt, *type, *opts, *freq, *passno, *cp;
 	struct fs_info *fs;
+	struct stat devstat;
 
 	*ret_fs = 0;
 	strip_line(line);
@@ -297,6 +298,11 @@ static int parse_fstab_line(char *line,
 	parse_escape(freq);
 	parse_escape(passno);
 
+	if ((*device == '/')		/* if device looks like a path name */
+	&&	(stat(device,&devstat)		/* but either doesn't exist */
+		|| !S_ISBLK(devstat.st_mode)))	/* or is not a block device */
+			return 0;		/* then skip it */
+
 	dev = blkid_get_devname(cache, device, NULL);
 	if (dev)
 		device = dev;