diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/desktopdevice.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/desktopdevice.cpp
index 1ffbdba5f71..64e9556995d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/desktopdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/desktopdevice.cpp
@@ -179,6 +179,12 @@ bool DesktopDevice::setPermissions(const FilePath &filePath, QFile::Permissions
     return filePath.setPermissions(permissions);
 }
 
+FilePath DesktopDevice::mapToGlobalPath(const Utils::FilePath &pathOnDevice) const
+{
+    QTC_CHECK(!pathOnDevice.needsDevice());
+    return pathOnDevice;
+}
+
 Environment DesktopDevice::systemEnvironment() const
 {
     return Environment::systemEnvironment();
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/desktopdevice.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/desktopdevice.h
index 391bf53997f..37dc326a989 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/desktopdevice.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/desktopdevice.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ public:
     qint64 fileSize(const Utils::FilePath &filePath) const override;
     QFile::Permissions permissions(const Utils::FilePath &filePath) const override;
     bool setPermissions(const Utils::FilePath &filePath, QFile::Permissions) const override;
+    Utils::FilePath mapToGlobalPath(const Utils::FilePath &pathOnDevice) const override;
 
 protected:
     DesktopDevice();
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevice.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevice.cpp
index 69344b44a2c..f7ca5633bb7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevice.cpp
@@ -212,7 +212,17 @@ bool IDevice::isAnyUnixDevice() const
 
 FilePath IDevice::mapToGlobalPath(const FilePath &pathOnDevice) const
 {
-    return pathOnDevice;
+    if (pathOnDevice.needsDevice()) {
+        // Already correct form, only sanity check it's ours...
+        QTC_CHECK(handlesFile(pathOnDevice));
+        return pathOnDevice;
+    }
+    // match DeviceManager::deviceForPath
+    FilePath result;
+    result.setPath(pathOnDevice.path());
+    result.setScheme("device");
+    result.setHost(id().toString());
+    return result;
 }
 
 QString IDevice::mapToDevicePath(const FilePath &globalPath) const
@@ -227,7 +237,8 @@ FilePath IDevice::filePath(const QString &pathOnDevice) const
 
 bool IDevice::handlesFile(const FilePath &filePath) const
 {
-    Q_UNUSED(filePath);
+    if (filePath.scheme() == "device" && filePath.host() == id().toString())
+        return true;
     return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp
index 9f68025c688..edc6a624562 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp
@@ -1104,20 +1104,6 @@ QString LinuxDevice::userAtHost() const
     return sshParameters().userAtHost();
 }
 
-FilePath LinuxDevice::mapToGlobalPath(const FilePath &pathOnDevice) const
-{
-    if (pathOnDevice.needsDevice()) {
-        // Already correct form, only sanity check it's ours...
-        QTC_CHECK(handlesFile(pathOnDevice));
-        return pathOnDevice;
-    }
-    FilePath result;
-    result.setScheme("device");
-    result.setHost(id().toString());
-    result.setPath(pathOnDevice.path());
-    return result;
-}
-
 bool LinuxDevice::handlesFile(const FilePath &filePath) const
 {
     if (filePath.scheme() == "device" && filePath.host() == id().toString())
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.h b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.h
index 1b286ac1080..2e7000a09dd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.h
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.h
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ public:
     ProjectExplorer::DeviceEnvironmentFetcher::Ptr environmentFetcher() const override;
 
     QString userAtHost() const;
-    Utils::FilePath mapToGlobalPath(const Utils::FilePath &pathOnDevice) const override;
 
     bool handlesFile(const Utils::FilePath &filePath) const override;
     bool isExecutableFile(const Utils::FilePath &filePath) const override;