diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend_scsi.c b/src/storage/storage_backend_scsi.c
index da6a5dd..05af408 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_backend_scsi.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_backend_scsi.c
@@ -695,13 +695,15 @@ getScsiHostParentAddress(const char *parent)
             if (strlen(tokens[i]) != 2) {
                 if (!(padstr = virStringPad(tokens[i], '0', 2, false)))
                     goto error;
-                virBufferAsprintf(&buf, "%s", padstr);
+                virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ":%s", padstr);
                 VIR_FREE(padstr);
             } else {
-                virBufferAsprintf(&buf, "%s", tokens[i]);
+                virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ":%s", tokens[i]);
             }
         }
 
+        virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ":%s", tokens[3]);
+
         if (virBufferError(&buf)) {
             virBufferFreeAndReset(&buf);
             virReportOOMError();