diff --git a/pkg/nvcdi/transform/root/root.go b/pkg/nvcdi/transform/root/root.go
index 36203fba0..adff05503 100644
--- a/pkg/nvcdi/transform/root/root.go
+++ b/pkg/nvcdi/transform/root/root.go
@@ -43,5 +43,14 @@ func (t transformer) transformPath(path string) string {
 		return path
 	}
 
-	return filepath.Join(t.targetRoot, strings.TrimPrefix(path, t.root))
+	relative := strings.TrimPrefix(path, t.root)
+	// The root must match the path at a path component boundary. Without this
+	// check a root of /driver would also match a path such as
+	// /driver-backup/lib.so and transform it to {targetRoot}/-backup/lib.so.
+	isBoundary := relative == "" || strings.HasPrefix(relative, "/") || strings.HasSuffix(t.root, "/")
+	if !isBoundary {
+		return path
+	}
+
+	return filepath.Join(t.targetRoot, relative)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/nvcdi/transform/root/root_test.go b/pkg/nvcdi/transform/root/root_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..139960ee4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/nvcdi/transform/root/root_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/**
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+**/
+
+package root
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestTransformPath(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		description  string
+		root         string
+		targetRoot   string
+		path         string
+		expectedPath string
+	}{
+		{
+			description:  "path under root is transformed",
+			root:         "/run/nvidia/driver",
+			targetRoot:   "/",
+			path:         "/run/nvidia/driver/lib/libcuda.so",
+			expectedPath: "/lib/libcuda.so",
+		},
+		{
+			description:  "path equal to root is transformed",
+			root:         "/run/nvidia/driver",
+			targetRoot:   "/host",
+			path:         "/run/nvidia/driver",
+			expectedPath: "/host",
+		},
+		{
+			description:  "path outside root is unchanged",
+			root:         "/run/nvidia/driver",
+			targetRoot:   "/host",
+			path:         "/usr/lib/libcuda.so",
+			expectedPath: "/usr/lib/libcuda.so",
+		},
+		{
+			description:  "sibling of root with common prefix is unchanged",
+			root:         "/run/nvidia/driver",
+			targetRoot:   "/host",
+			path:         "/run/nvidia/driver-backup/lib/libcuda.so",
+			expectedPath: "/run/nvidia/driver-backup/lib/libcuda.so",
+		},
+		{
+			description:  "partial path component match is unchanged",
+			root:         "/run/nvidia/driver",
+			targetRoot:   "/host",
+			path:         "/run/nvidia/driverfoo",
+			expectedPath: "/run/nvidia/driverfoo",
+		},
+		{
+			description:  "root with trailing slash is transformed",
+			root:         "/run/nvidia/driver/",
+			targetRoot:   "/host",
+			path:         "/run/nvidia/driver/lib/libcuda.so",
+			expectedPath: "/host/lib/libcuda.so",
+		},
+		{
+			description:  "root of / is transformed",
+			root:         "/",
+			targetRoot:   "/host",
+			path:         "/usr/lib/libcuda.so",
+			expectedPath: "/host/usr/lib/libcuda.so",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.description, func(t *testing.T) {
+			tr := transformer{
+				root:       tc.root,
+				targetRoot: tc.targetRoot,
+			}
+			require.Equal(t, tc.expectedPath, tr.transformPath(tc.path))
+		})
+	}
+}