diff --git a/daemon/checkpoint.go b/daemon/checkpoint.go
index 417ae59f2d..27181743f5 100644
--- a/daemon/checkpoint.go
+++ b/daemon/checkpoint.go
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/utils"
+)
+
+var (
+	validCheckpointNameChars   = utils.RestrictedNameChars
+	validCheckpointNamePattern = utils.RestrictedNamePattern
 )
 
 // CheckpointCreate checkpoints the process running in a container with CRIU
@@ -28,6 +34,10 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) CheckpointCreate(name string, config types.CheckpointCreat
 		checkpointDir = container.CheckpointDir()
 	}
 
+	if !validCheckpointNamePattern.MatchString(config.CheckpointID) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Invalid checkpoint ID (%s), only %s are allowed", config.CheckpointID, validCheckpointNameChars)
+	}
+
 	err = daemon.containerd.CreateCheckpoint(container.ID, config.CheckpointID, checkpointDir, config.Exit)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Cannot checkpoint container %s: %s", name, err)
diff --git a/daemon/names.go b/daemon/names.go
index 19e78cc173..273d551513 100644
--- a/daemon/names.go
+++ b/daemon/names.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package daemon
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/container"
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) generateIDAndName(name string) (string, string, error) {
 }
 
 func (daemon *Daemon) reserveName(id, name string) (string, error) {
-	if !validContainerNamePattern.MatchString(name) {
+	if !validContainerNamePattern.MatchString(strings.TrimPrefix(name, "/")) {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("Invalid container name (%s), only %s are allowed", name, validContainerNameChars)
 	}
 	if name[0] != '/' {
diff --git a/utils/names.go b/utils/names.go
index 8239c0de29..632062819c 100644
--- a/utils/names.go
+++ b/utils/names.go
@@ -6,7 +6,4 @@ import "regexp"
 const RestrictedNameChars = `[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_.-]`
 
 // RestrictedNamePattern is a regular expression to validate names against the collection of restricted characters.
-var RestrictedNamePattern = regexp.MustCompile(`^/?` + RestrictedNameChars + `+$`)
-
-// RestrictedVolumeNamePattern is a regular expression to validate volume names against the collection of restricted characters.
-var RestrictedVolumeNamePattern = regexp.MustCompile(`^` + RestrictedNameChars + `+$`)
+var RestrictedNamePattern = regexp.MustCompile(`^` + RestrictedNameChars + `+$`)
diff --git a/volume/local/local.go b/volume/local/local.go
index 18ddca54d5..62c45e69ea 100644
--- a/volume/local/local.go
+++ b/volume/local/local.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ var (
 	// volumeNameRegex ensures the name assigned for the volume is valid.
 	// This name is used to create the bind directory, so we need to avoid characters that
 	// would make the path to escape the root directory.
-	volumeNameRegex = utils.RestrictedVolumeNamePattern
+	volumeNameRegex = utils.RestrictedNamePattern
 )
 
 type validationError struct {