diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c
index 3b733a730952dcc23439afa8a5e5189c93414313..35806813ea4ee3bb425795c52c0719f64979203a 100644
--- a/fs/fat/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fat/inode.c
@@ -726,7 +726,8 @@ static int fat_show_options(struct seq_file *m, struct dentry *root)
 	if (opts->allow_utime)
 		seq_printf(m, ",allow_utime=%04o", opts->allow_utime);
 	if (sbi->nls_disk)
-		seq_printf(m, ",codepage=%s", sbi->nls_disk->charset);
+		/* strip "cp" prefix from displayed option */
+		seq_printf(m, ",codepage=%s", &sbi->nls_disk->charset[2]);
 	if (isvfat) {
 		if (sbi->nls_io)
 			seq_printf(m, ",iocharset=%s", sbi->nls_io->charset);