diff --git a/OvmfPkg/VirtioFsDxe/SimpleFsClose.c b/OvmfPkg/VirtioFsDxe/SimpleFsClose.c
index bc91ad726b..04b4f2c382 100644
--- a/OvmfPkg/VirtioFsDxe/SimpleFsClose.c
+++ b/OvmfPkg/VirtioFsDxe/SimpleFsClose.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ VirtioFsSimpleFileClose (
   //
   RemoveEntryList (&VirtioFsFile->OpenFilesEntry);
 
+  FreePool (VirtioFsFile->CanonicalPathname);
   FreePool (VirtioFsFile);
   return EFI_SUCCESS;
 }
diff --git a/OvmfPkg/VirtioFsDxe/SimpleFsDelete.c b/OvmfPkg/VirtioFsDxe/SimpleFsDelete.c
index bbad64bf78..e2fc2d72df 100644
--- a/OvmfPkg/VirtioFsDxe/SimpleFsDelete.c
+++ b/OvmfPkg/VirtioFsDxe/SimpleFsDelete.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ VirtioFsSimpleFileDelete (
   //
   RemoveEntryList (&VirtioFsFile->OpenFilesEntry);
 
+  FreePool (VirtioFsFile->CanonicalPathname);
   FreePool (VirtioFsFile);
   return Status;
 }
diff --git a/OvmfPkg/VirtioFsDxe/SimpleFsOpenVolume.c b/OvmfPkg/VirtioFsDxe/SimpleFsOpenVolume.c
index 67d2deb6bd..9c0ab434c1 100644
--- a/OvmfPkg/VirtioFsDxe/SimpleFsOpenVolume.c
+++ b/OvmfPkg/VirtioFsDxe/SimpleFsOpenVolume.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ VirtioFsOpenVolume (
   VIRTIO_FS      *VirtioFs;
   VIRTIO_FS_FILE *VirtioFsFile;
   EFI_STATUS     Status;
+  CHAR8          *CanonicalPathname;
   UINT64         RootDirHandle;
 
   VirtioFs = VIRTIO_FS_FROM_SIMPLE_FS (This);
@@ -37,13 +38,19 @@ VirtioFsOpenVolume (
     return EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
   }
 
+  CanonicalPathname = AllocateCopyPool (sizeof "/", "/");
+  if (CanonicalPathname == NULL) {
+    Status = EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
+    goto FreeVirtioFsFile;
+  }
+
   //
   // Open the root directory.
   //
   Status = VirtioFsFuseOpenDir (VirtioFs, VIRTIO_FS_FUSE_ROOT_DIR_NODE_ID,
              &RootDirHandle);
   if (EFI_ERROR (Status)) {
-    goto FreeVirtioFsFile;
+    goto FreeCanonicalPathname;
   }
 
   //
@@ -64,6 +71,7 @@ VirtioFsOpenVolume (
   VirtioFsFile->IsDirectory            = TRUE;
   VirtioFsFile->IsOpenForWriting       = FALSE;
   VirtioFsFile->OwnerFs                = VirtioFs;
+  VirtioFsFile->CanonicalPathname      = CanonicalPathname;
   VirtioFsFile->NodeId                 = VIRTIO_FS_FUSE_ROOT_DIR_NODE_ID;
   VirtioFsFile->FuseHandle             = RootDirHandle;
 
@@ -75,6 +83,9 @@ VirtioFsOpenVolume (
   *Root = &VirtioFsFile->SimpleFile;
   return EFI_SUCCESS;
 
+FreeCanonicalPathname:
+  FreePool (CanonicalPathname);
+
 FreeVirtioFsFile:
   FreePool (VirtioFsFile);
 
diff --git a/OvmfPkg/VirtioFsDxe/VirtioFsDxe.h b/OvmfPkg/VirtioFsDxe/VirtioFsDxe.h
index f4fed64c72..487d215c7f 100644
--- a/OvmfPkg/VirtioFsDxe/VirtioFsDxe.h
+++ b/OvmfPkg/VirtioFsDxe/VirtioFsDxe.h
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ typedef struct {
   BOOLEAN           IsOpenForWriting;
   VIRTIO_FS         *OwnerFs;
   LIST_ENTRY        OpenFilesEntry;
+  CHAR8             *CanonicalPathname;
   //
   // In the FUSE wire protocol, every request except FUSE_INIT refers to a
   // file, namely by the "VIRTIO_FS_FUSE_REQUEST.NodeId" field; that is, by the