diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMPhysicalDisk.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMPhysicalDisk.java
index 221a3d7c180..5b4a61058d5 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMPhysicalDisk.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMPhysicalDisk.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class KVMPhysicalDisk {
         rbdOpts = "rbd:" + image;
         rbdOpts += ":mon_host=" + monHost;
         if (monPort > 0) {
-            rbdOpts += "\\\\:" + monPort;
+            rbdOpts += "\\:" + monPort;
         }
 
         if (authUserName == null) {
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMPhysicalDiskTest.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMPhysicalDiskTest.java
index bd644c85cd8..cf39dceb1a5 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMPhysicalDiskTest.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMPhysicalDiskTest.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public class KVMPhysicalDiskTest extends TestCase {
 
     public void testRBDStringBuilder() {
         assertEquals(KVMPhysicalDisk.RBDStringBuilder("ceph-monitor", 8000, "admin", "supersecret", "volume1"),
-                     "rbd:volume1:mon_host=ceph-monitor\\\\:8000:auth_supported=cephx:id=admin:key=supersecret:rbd_default_format=2:client_mount_timeout=30");
+                     "rbd:volume1:mon_host=ceph-monitor\\:8000:auth_supported=cephx:id=admin:key=supersecret:rbd_default_format=2:client_mount_timeout=30");
     }
 
     public void testAttributes() {