diff --git a/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-generate-config.pl b/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-generate-config.pl
index e58392ad05b4..3bcf90258d79 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-generate-config.pl
+++ b/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-generate-config.pl
@@ -340,6 +340,8 @@ foreach my $fs (read_file("/proc/self/mountinfo")) {
     chomp $fs;
     my @fields = split / /, $fs;
     my $mountPoint = $fields[4];
+    $mountPoint =~ s/\\040/ /g; # account for mount points with spaces in the name (\040 is the escape character)
+    $mountPoint =~ s/\\011/\t/g; # account for mount points with tabs in the name (\011 is the escape character)
     next unless -d $mountPoint;
     my @mountOptions = split /,/, $fields[5];
 
@@ -355,6 +357,8 @@ foreach my $fs (read_file("/proc/self/mountinfo")) {
     my $fsType = $fields[$n];
     my $device = $fields[$n + 1];
     my @superOptions = split /,/, $fields[$n + 2];
+    $device =~ s/\\040/ /g; # account for devices with spaces in the name (\040 is the escape character)
+    $device =~ s/\\011/\t/g; # account for mount points with tabs in the name (\011 is the escape character)
 
     # Skip the read-only bind-mount on /nix/store.
     next if $mountPoint eq "/nix/store" && (grep { $_ eq "rw" } @superOptions) && (grep { $_ eq "ro" } @mountOptions);
diff --git a/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems.nix b/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems.nix
index 9e4057b50897..07f8214cea2c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems.nix
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ in
         fsToSkipCheck = [ "none" "bindfs" "btrfs" "zfs" "tmpfs" "nfs" "vboxsf" "glusterfs" ];
         skipCheck = fs: fs.noCheck || fs.device == "none" || builtins.elem fs.fsType fsToSkipCheck;
         # https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/fstab#Filepath_spaces
-        escape = string: builtins.replaceStrings [ " " ] [ "\\040" ] string;
+        escape = string: builtins.replaceStrings [ " " "\t" ] [ "\\040" "\\011" ] string;
       in ''
         # This is a generated file.  Do not edit!
         #