diff --git a/libblkid/src/blkidP.h b/libblkid/src/blkidP.h
index 0ac11737e..538a368b5 100644
--- a/libblkid/src/blkidP.h
+++ b/libblkid/src/blkidP.h
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ struct blkid_struct_probe
 #define BLKID_FL_PRIVATE_FD	(1 << 1)	/* see blkid_new_probe_from_filename() */
 #define BLKID_FL_TINY_DEV	(1 << 2)	/* <= 1.47MiB (floppy or so) */
 #define BLKID_FL_CDROM_DEV	(1 << 3)	/* is a CD/DVD drive */
+#define BLKID_FL_NOSCAN_DEV	(1 << 4)	/* do not scan this device */
 
 /* private per-probing flags */
 #define BLKID_PROBE_FL_IGNORE_PT (1 << 1)	/* ignore partition table */
@@ -347,6 +348,7 @@ extern void blkid__scan_dir(char *, dev_t, struct dir_list **, char **)
 			__attribute__((nonnull(1,4)));
 extern int blkid_driver_has_major(const char *drvname, int major)
 			__attribute__((warn_unused_result));
+extern int blkid_lvm_private(dev_t devno);
 
 /* lseek.c */
 extern blkid_loff_t blkid_llseek(int fd, blkid_loff_t offset, int whence);
diff --git a/libblkid/src/devno.c b/libblkid/src/devno.c
index 2f250cc3b..de65dd4b4 100644
--- a/libblkid/src/devno.c
+++ b/libblkid/src/devno.c
@@ -326,6 +326,34 @@ int blkid_driver_has_major(const char *drvname, int major)
 	return match;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Returns 1 if the device is private LVM device.
+ */
+int blkid_lvm_private(dev_t devno)
+{
+	struct sysfs_cxt cxt = UL_SYSFSCXT_EMPTY;
+	char *uuid = NULL;
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	if (sysfs_init(&cxt, devno, NULL) != 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	uuid = sysfs_strdup(&cxt, "dm/uuid");
+
+	/* Private LVM devices use "LVM-<uuid>-<name>" uuid format (important
+	 * is the "LVM" prefix and "-<name>" postfix).
+	 */
+	if (uuid && strncmp(uuid, "LVM-", 4) == 0) {
+		char *p = strrchr(uuid + 4, '-');
+
+		if (p && *(p + 1))
+			rc = 1;
+	}
+
+	sysfs_deinit(&cxt);
+	free(uuid);
+	return rc;
+}
 
 #ifdef TEST_PROGRAM
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
diff --git a/libblkid/src/partitions/partitions.c b/libblkid/src/partitions/partitions.c
index 43f0d3e33..cee963ff6 100644
--- a/libblkid/src/partitions/partitions.c
+++ b/libblkid/src/partitions/partitions.c
@@ -540,6 +540,8 @@ static int idinfo_probe(blkid_probe pr, const struct blkid_idinfo *id,
 
 	if (pr->size <= 0 || (id->minsz && id->minsz > pr->size))
 		goto nothing;	/* the device is too small */
+	if (pr->flags & BLKID_FL_NOSCAN_DEV)
+		goto nothing;
 
 	rc = blkid_probe_get_idmag(pr, id, &off, &mag);
 	if (rc != BLKID_PROBE_OK)
@@ -579,6 +581,9 @@ static int partitions_probe(blkid_probe pr, struct blkid_chain *chn)
 
 	if (!pr || chn->idx < -1)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (pr->flags & BLKID_FL_NOSCAN_DEV)
+		goto done;			/* nothing */
+
 	blkid_probe_chain_reset_vals(pr, chn);
 
 	if (chn->binary)
@@ -648,7 +653,7 @@ details_only:
 			rc = xrc;
 	}
 
-
+done:
 	DBG(LOWPROBE, ul_debug("partitions probe done [rc=%d]",	rc));
 	return rc;
 }
@@ -668,6 +673,8 @@ int blkid_partitions_do_subprobe(blkid_probe pr, blkid_partition parent,
 
 	if (!pr || !parent || !parent->size)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (pr->flags & BLKID_FL_NOSCAN_DEV)
+		return BLKID_PROBE_NONE;
 
 	/* range defined by parent */
 	sz = ((blkid_loff_t) parent->size) << 9;
@@ -724,6 +731,9 @@ static int blkid_partitions_probe_partition(blkid_probe pr)
 
 	DBG(LOWPROBE, ul_debug("parts: start probing for partition entry"));
 
+	if (pr->flags & BLKID_FL_NOSCAN_DEV)
+		goto nothing;
+
 	devno = blkid_probe_get_devno(pr);
 	if (!devno)
 		goto nothing;
@@ -797,7 +807,7 @@ nothing:
 int blkid_probe_is_covered_by_pt(blkid_probe pr,
 				 blkid_loff_t offset, blkid_loff_t size)
 {
-	blkid_probe prc;
+	blkid_probe prc = NULL;
 	blkid_partlist ls = NULL;
 	blkid_loff_t start, end;
 	int nparts, i, rc = 0;
@@ -806,6 +816,9 @@ int blkid_probe_is_covered_by_pt(blkid_probe pr,
 		"=> checking if off=%jd size=%jd covered by PT",
 		offset, size));
 
+	if (pr->flags & BLKID_FL_NOSCAN_DEV)
+		goto done;
+
 	prc = blkid_clone_probe(pr);
 	if (!prc)
 		goto done;
diff --git a/libblkid/src/probe.c b/libblkid/src/probe.c
index 93035f93a..f2431dcf4 100644
--- a/libblkid/src/probe.c
+++ b/libblkid/src/probe.c
@@ -696,6 +696,7 @@ int blkid_probe_set_device(blkid_probe pr, int fd,
 	if (!S_ISBLK(sb.st_mode) && !S_ISCHR(sb.st_mode) && !S_ISREG(sb.st_mode))
 		goto err;
 
+
 	pr->mode = sb.st_mode;
 	if (S_ISBLK(sb.st_mode) || S_ISCHR(sb.st_mode))
 		pr->devno = sb.st_rdev;
@@ -724,8 +725,13 @@ int blkid_probe_set_device(blkid_probe pr, int fd,
 	if (pr->size <= 1440 * 1024 && !S_ISCHR(sb.st_mode))
 		pr->flags |= BLKID_FL_TINY_DEV;
 
+	if (S_ISBLK(sb.st_mode) && blkid_lvm_private(sb.st_rdev)) {
+		DBG(LOWPROBE, ul_debug("ignore private LVM device"));
+		pr->flags |= BLKID_FL_NOSCAN_DEV;
+	}
+
 #ifdef CDROM_GET_CAPABILITY
-	if (S_ISBLK(sb.st_mode) &&
+	else if (S_ISBLK(sb.st_mode) &&
 	    !blkid_probe_is_tiny(pr) &&
 	    blkid_probe_is_wholedisk(pr) &&
 	    ioctl(fd, CDROM_GET_CAPABILITY, NULL) >= 0)
@@ -896,6 +902,9 @@ int blkid_do_probe(blkid_probe pr)
 	if (!pr)
 		return -1;
 
+	if (pr->flags & BLKID_FL_NOSCAN_DEV)
+		return 1;
+
 	do {
 		struct blkid_chain *chn = pr->cur_chain;
 
@@ -1147,6 +1156,8 @@ int blkid_do_safeprobe(blkid_probe pr)
 
 	if (!pr)
 		return -1;
+	if (pr->flags & BLKID_FL_NOSCAN_DEV)
+		return 1;
 
 	blkid_probe_start(pr);
 
@@ -1201,6 +1212,8 @@ int blkid_do_fullprobe(blkid_probe pr)
 
 	if (!pr)
 		return -1;
+	if (pr->flags & BLKID_FL_NOSCAN_DEV)
+		return 1;
 
 	blkid_probe_start(pr);
 
diff --git a/libblkid/src/superblocks/superblocks.c b/libblkid/src/superblocks/superblocks.c
index 91ca2ea2e..bfe37b85d 100644
--- a/libblkid/src/superblocks/superblocks.c
+++ b/libblkid/src/superblocks/superblocks.c
@@ -340,6 +340,9 @@ static int superblocks_probe(blkid_probe pr, struct blkid_chain *chn)
 
 	if (!pr || chn->idx < -1)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (pr->flags & BLKID_FL_NOSCAN_DEV)
+		goto nothing;
+
 	blkid_probe_chain_reset_vals(pr, chn);
 
 	DBG(LOWPROBE, ul_debug("--> starting probing loop [SUBLKS idx=%d]",
@@ -455,6 +458,9 @@ static int superblocks_safeprobe(blkid_probe pr, struct blkid_chain *chn)
 	int intol = 0;
 	int rc;
 
+	if (pr->flags & BLKID_FL_NOSCAN_DEV)
+		return 1;				/* nothing */
+
 	while ((rc = superblocks_probe(pr, chn)) == 0) {
 
 		if (blkid_probe_is_tiny(pr) && !count)
diff --git a/libblkid/src/verify.c b/libblkid/src/verify.c
index d8ad79d68..b245daa01 100644
--- a/libblkid/src/verify.c
+++ b/libblkid/src/verify.c
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ blkid_dev blkid_verify(blkid_cache cache, blkid_dev dev)
 		   (unsigned long)diff));
 #endif
 
+	if (blkid_lvm_private(st.st_rdev)) {
+		blkid_free_dev(dev);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 	if (!cache->probe) {
 		cache->probe = blkid_new_probe();
 		if (!cache->probe) {