diff --git a/namedev.c b/namedev.c
index ea75bc5d8f..1faa253c1e 100644
--- a/namedev.c
+++ b/namedev.c
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ label_found:
 			*c = 0x00;
 		dbg("compare attribute '%s' value '%s' with '%s'",
 			  dev->sysfs_file, tmpattr->value, dev->sysfs_value);
-		if (strcmp(dev->sysfs_value, tmpattr->value) != 0)
+		if (strcmp_pattern(dev->sysfs_value, tmpattr->value) != 0)
 			continue;
 
 		strfieldcpy(udev->name, dev->name);
diff --git a/test/udev-test.pl b/test/udev-test.pl
index 97f75edc94..b1757ee1bb 100644
--- a/test/udev-test.pl
+++ b/test/udev-test.pl
@@ -49,6 +49,18 @@ EOF
 		expected => "boot_disk1" ,
 		conf     => <<EOF
 LABEL, BUS="scsi", vendor="IBM-ESXS", NAME="boot_disk%n"
+EOF
+	},
+	{
+		desc     => "label test of pattern match",
+		subsys   => "block",
+		devpath  => "block/sda/sda1",
+		expected => "boot_disk1" ,
+		conf     => <<EOF
+LABEL, BUS="scsi", vendor="?IBM-ESXS", NAME="boot_disk%n-1"
+LABEL, BUS="scsi", vendor="IBM-ESXS?", NAME="boot_disk%n-2"
+LABEL, BUS="scsi", vendor="IBM-ES??", NAME="boot_disk%n"
+LABEL, BUS="scsi", vendor="IBM-ESXSS", NAME="boot_disk%n-3"
 EOF
 	},
 	{
diff --git a/udev.rules b/udev.rules
index 44fdb2561d..3044a87b44 100644
--- a/udev.rules
+++ b/udev.rules
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ REPLACE, KERNEL="ttyUSB1", NAME="visor"
 REPLACE, KERNEL="ttyUSB0", NAME="pl2303"
 
 # a devfs like way to name some tty devices
-#REPLACE, KERNEL="tty", NAME="tty"
 #REPLACE, KERNEL="ttyS*", NAME="tts/%n"
 #REPLACE, KERNEL="tty*", NAME="vc/%n"