diff --git a/src/metrics.js b/src/metrics.js
index 7efb206f3..6b0481088 100644
--- a/src/metrics.js
+++ b/src/metrics.js
@@ -104,18 +104,29 @@ async function getRootDiskName() {
     if (gRootDiskName) return gRootDiskName;
 
     const mounts = await fs.promises.readFile('/proc/mounts', { encoding: 'utf8' });
-    const rootfsLine = mounts.split('\n').find(line => line.split(' ')[1] === '/');
+    const rootfsLine = mounts.split('\n').find(line => line.split(/\s+/)[1] === '/');
     if (!rootfsLine) throw new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, 'Root mount not found');
-    const devicePath = rootfsLine.split(' ')[0]; // eg. /dev/foo . This can be a partition or a disk path
+    const maybeDevicePath = rootfsLine.split(/\s+/)[0]; // eg. /dev/foo . This can be a partition or a disk path
 
-    // -n is no headings , -d is no holder devices or slaves , -o is output format . PKNAME is parent kernel name
-    const output = await shell.spawn('lsblk', [ '-ndo', 'PKNAME', devicePath ], { encoding: 'utf8' });
-    gRootDiskName = output.trim() || devicePath.replace('/dev/', '');
+    // for LVM, the canonical devicePath might be a symlink to the real disk
+    const devicePath = await fs.promises.realpath(maybeDevicePath);
+
+    // keep going up to find the final parent disk
+    let pkname = devicePath.replace('/dev/', '');
+    while (true) {
+        // -n is no headings , -d is no holder devices or slaves , -o is output format . PKNAME is parent kernel name
+        const output = await shell.spawn('lsblk', [ '-ndo', 'PKNAME', `/dev/${pkname}` ], { encoding: 'utf8' });
+        if (!output.trim()) break;
+        pkname = output.trim();
+    }
+
+    gRootDiskName = pkname;
     return gRootDiskName;
 }
 
 async function readDiskMetrics() {
-    const rootDiskName = await getRootDiskName();
+    const [rootDiskError, rootDiskName] = await safe(getRootDiskName());
+    if (rootDiskError) throw new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, `Could not detect root disk: ${rootDiskError.message}`);
     const diskstats = await fs.promises.readFile('/proc/diskstats', { encoding: 'utf8' });
     const statsLine = diskstats.split('\n').find(l => l.includes(` ${rootDiskName} `));
     if (!statsLine) throw new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, `Could not get disk stats of ${rootDiskName}`);