diff --git a/src/sleep/sleep.c b/src/sleep/sleep.c
index ca3befb30..6a3daab30 100644
--- a/src/sleep/sleep.c
+++ b/src/sleep/sleep.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ static int write_hibernate_location_info(void) {
         _cleanup_free_ struct fiemap *fiemap = NULL;
         char offset_str[DECIMAL_STR_MAX(uint64_t)];
         char device_str[DECIMAL_STR_MAX(uint64_t)];
+        char device_num_str [DECIMAL_STR_MAX(uint)*2+1];
         _cleanup_close_ int fd = -1;
         struct stat stb;
         uint64_t offset;
@@ -44,10 +45,15 @@ static int write_hibernate_location_info(void) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_debug_errno(r, "Unable to find hibernation location: %m");
 
-        /* if it's a swap partition, we just write the disk to /sys/power/resume */
-        if (streq(type, "partition"))
-                return write_string_file("/sys/power/resume", device, 0);
-        else if (!streq(type, "file"))
+        /* if it's a swap partition, we just write the corresponding major:minor numbers to /sys/power/resume */
+        if (streq(type, "partition")) {
+                r = stat( device, &stb);
+                if (r == -1) {
+                        return log_debug_errno(errno, "Error while trying to get stats for %s: %m", device);
+                }
+                sprintf(device_num_str, "%u:%u",major(stb.st_rdev) , minor(stb.st_rdev) );
+                return write_string_file("/sys/power/resume", device_num_str, 0);
+        }else if (!streq(type, "file"))
                 return log_debug_errno(EINVAL, "Invalid hibernate type %s: %m",
                                        type);