diff --git a/src/basic/path-util.c b/src/basic/path-util.c
index b972396249..f832f85c68 100644
--- a/src/basic/path-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/path-util.c
@@ -485,10 +485,6 @@ int path_compare(const char *a, const char *b) {
         }
 }
 
-bool path_equal_or_inode_same(const char *a, const char *b, int flags) {
-        return path_equal(a, b) || inode_same(a, b, flags) > 0;
-}
-
 int path_compare_filename(const char *a, const char *b) {
         _cleanup_free_ char *fa = NULL, *fb = NULL;
         int r, j, k;
diff --git a/src/basic/path-util.h b/src/basic/path-util.h
index af7f229908..97175bee11 100644
--- a/src/basic/path-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/path-util.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
 
 #include "macro.h"
+#include "stat-util.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
 #include "strv.h"
 #include "time-util.h"
@@ -77,7 +78,9 @@ static inline bool path_equal_filename(const char *a, const char *b) {
         return path_compare_filename(a, b) == 0;
 }
 
-bool path_equal_or_inode_same(const char *a, const char *b, int flags);
+static inline bool path_equal_or_inode_same(const char *a, const char *b, int flags) {
+        return path_equal(a, b) || inode_same(a, b, flags) > 0;
+}
 
 char* path_extend_internal(char **x, ...);
 #define path_extend(x, ...) path_extend_internal(x, __VA_ARGS__, POINTER_MAX)
diff --git a/src/hibernate-resume/hibernate-resume-generator.c b/src/hibernate-resume/hibernate-resume-generator.c
index b6d3d257ac..23c1a0a3c8 100644
--- a/src/hibernate-resume/hibernate-resume-generator.c
+++ b/src/hibernate-resume/hibernate-resume-generator.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "sd-id128.h"
 
 #include "alloc-util.h"
+#include "device-nodes.h"
 #include "dropin.h"
 #include "efivars.h"
 #include "fd-util.h"
@@ -170,9 +171,16 @@ static int parse_efi_hibernate_location(void) {
                 arg_resume_device = TAKE_PTR(device);
                 arg_resume_offset = location.offset;
         } else {
-                if (!path_equal_or_inode_same(arg_resume_device, device, 0))
-                        log_warning("resume=%s doesn't match with HibernateLocation device '%s', proceeding anyway with resume=.",
-                                    arg_resume_device, device);
+                if (!path_equal(arg_resume_device, device)) {
+                        r = devnode_same(arg_resume_device, device);
+                        if (r < 0)
+                                log_debug_errno(r,
+                                                "Failed to check if resume=%s is the same device as HibernateLocation device '%s', ignoring: %m",
+                                                arg_resume_device, device);
+                        if (r == 0)
+                                log_warning("resume=%s doesn't match with HibernateLocation device '%s', proceeding anyway with resume=.",
+                                            arg_resume_device, device);
+                }
 
                 if (arg_resume_offset != location.offset)
                         log_warning("resume_offset=%" PRIu64 " doesn't match with HibernateLocation offset %" PRIu64 ", proceeding anyway with resume_offset=.",
diff --git a/src/shared/device-nodes.c b/src/shared/device-nodes.c
index bdbbb98c2c..d08c40fe2c 100644
--- a/src/shared/device-nodes.c
+++ b/src/shared/device-nodes.c
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 
 #include "device-nodes.h"
+#include "path-util.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
 #include "utf8.h"
 
@@ -58,3 +60,28 @@ int encode_devnode_name(const char *str, char *str_enc, size_t len) {
         str_enc[j] = '\0';
         return 0;
 }
+
+int devnode_same(const char *a, const char *b) {
+        struct stat sa, sb;
+
+        assert(a);
+        assert(b);
+
+        if (!valid_device_node_path(a) || !valid_device_node_path(b))
+                return -EINVAL;
+
+        if (stat(a, &sa) < 0)
+                return -errno;
+        if (stat(b, &sb) < 0)
+                return -errno;
+
+        if (!S_ISBLK(sa.st_mode) && !S_ISCHR(sa.st_mode))
+                return -ENODEV;
+        if (!S_ISBLK(sb.st_mode) && !S_ISCHR(sb.st_mode))
+                return -ENODEV;
+
+        if (((sa.st_mode ^ sb.st_mode) & S_IFMT) != 0) /* both inode same device node type? */
+                return false;
+
+        return sa.st_rdev == sb.st_rdev;
+}
diff --git a/src/shared/device-nodes.h b/src/shared/device-nodes.h
index a8b2564314..8b17a8e190 100644
--- a/src/shared/device-nodes.h
+++ b/src/shared/device-nodes.h
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@
 
 int encode_devnode_name(const char *str, char *str_enc, size_t len);
 int allow_listed_char_for_devnode(char c, const char *additional);
+
+int devnode_same(const char *a, const char *b);