diff --git a/storages/templates/create_stg_block.html b/storages/templates/create_stg_block.html
index 4512cc36..c048b0a5 100644
--- a/storages/templates/create_stg_block.html
+++ b/storages/templates/create_stg_block.html
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
                                     <div class="row">
                                         <label class="col-sm-3 col-form-label">{% trans "Path" %}</label>
                                         <div class="col-sm-6">
-                                            <input type="text" name="target" class="form-control" value="/var/lib/libvirt/images" required pattern="[a-zA-Z0-9\/\-_]+">
+                                            <input type="text" name="target" class="form-control" value="/var/lib/libvirt/images" required>
                                         </div>
                                     </div>
                             </div>
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
                                     <div class="row">
                                         <label class="col-sm-3 col-form-label">{% trans "Device" %}</label>
                                         <div class="col-sm-6">
-                                            <input type="text" class="form-control" name="source" value="/dev/sdb" required pattern="[a-z0-9\/]+">
+                                            <input type="text" class="form-control" name="source" value="/dev/sdb" required>
                                         </div>
                                     </div>
                             </div>
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
                                     <div class="row">
                                         <label class="col-sm-3 col-form-label">{% trans "Remote Path" %}</label>
                                         <div class="col-sm-6">
-                                            <input type="text" class="form-control" name="source" placeholder="/srv/storage/" maxlength="40" required pattern="[a-zA-Z0-9\/\-_]+">
+                                            <input type="text" class="form-control" name="source" placeholder="/srv/storage/" maxlength="100" required>
                                         </div>
                                     </div>
                                     <div class="row">
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
                                     <div class="row">
                                         <label class="col-sm-3 col-form-label">{% trans "Local Path" %}</label>
                                         <div class="col-sm-6">
-                                            <input type="text" class="form-control" name="target" placeholder="/srv/storage/" maxlength="40" required pattern="[a-zA-Z0-9\/\-_]+">
+                                            <input type="text" class="form-control" name="target" placeholder="/srv/storage/" maxlength="100" required>
                                         </div>
                                     </div>
                             </div>
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
                                     <div class="row">
                                         <label class="col-sm-3 col-form-label">{% trans "Path" %}</label>
                                         <div class="col-sm-6">
-                                            <input type="text" class="form-control" name="target" value="/var/lib/libvirt/iso" required pattern="[a-zA-Z0-9\/\-_]+">
+                                            <input type="text" class="form-control" name="target" value="/var/lib/libvirt/iso" required>
                                         </div>
                                     </div>
                             </div>
diff --git a/storages/tests/test_pool_target.py b/storages/tests/test_pool_target.py
index 47fd2246..03aede82 100644
--- a/storages/tests/test_pool_target.py
+++ b/storages/tests/test_pool_target.py
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ paths of letters, digits and "/", "_", ".", ":" and "-" (not first, not right
 after "/"): both values go into the pool XML."""
 
 import time
+from types import SimpleNamespace
 
+from django.template.loader import render_to_string
 from django.test import SimpleTestCase
+from lxml import html
 from storages.forms import AddStgPool
 
 
@@ -60,3 +63,14 @@ class PoolTargetTests(SimpleTestCase):
         start = time.monotonic()
         self.assertTrue(target_error("," + "-" * 98 + "!"))
         self.assertLess(time.monotonic() - start, 1)
+
+    def test_the_create_form_leaves_the_path_check_to_the_server(self):
+        # a stricter pattern or a shorter maxlength in the page refuses paths the form accepts
+        superuser = SimpleNamespace(user=SimpleNamespace(is_superuser=True))
+        page = html.fromstring(render_to_string("create_stg_block.html", {"request": superuser}))
+        fields = page.xpath("//input[@name='target' or @name='source']")
+        self.assertEqual(len(fields), 5)
+        for field in fields:
+            with self.subTest(form=field.xpath("string(ancestor::form//input[@name='stg_type']/@value)"), name=field.name):
+                self.assertIsNone(field.get("pattern"))
+                self.assertGreaterEqual(int(field.get("maxlength", 100)), 100)