diff --git a/lib/format_text/import_vsn1.c b/lib/format_text/import_vsn1.c
index c713bd2e3..b23031068 100644
--- a/lib/format_text/import_vsn1.c
+++ b/lib/format_text/import_vsn1.c
@@ -1246,7 +1246,8 @@ static struct volume_group *_read_vg(struct cmd_context *cmd,
 		goto bad;
 	}
 
-	if (!fixup_imported_mirrors(vg)) {
+	if (vg->fixup_imported_mirrors &&
+	    !fixup_imported_mirrors(vg)) {
 		log_error("Failed to fixup mirror pointers after import for "
 			  "volume group %s.", vg->name);
 		goto bad;
diff --git a/lib/metadata/mirror.c b/lib/metadata/mirror.c
index b8668c18e..081072cb4 100644
--- a/lib/metadata/mirror.c
+++ b/lib/metadata/mirror.c
@@ -1367,11 +1367,12 @@ int fixup_imported_mirrors(struct volume_group *vg)
 {
 	struct lv_list *lvl;
 	struct lv_segment *seg;
+	const struct segment_type *mirror_segtype =
+		get_segtype_from_string(vg->cmd, SEG_TYPE_NAME_MIRROR);
 
 	dm_list_iterate_items(lvl, &vg->lvs) {
 		dm_list_iterate_items(seg, &lvl->lv->segments) {
-			if (seg->segtype !=
-			    get_segtype_from_string(vg->cmd, SEG_TYPE_NAME_MIRROR))
+			if (seg->segtype != mirror_segtype)
 				continue;
 
 			if (seg->log_lv && !add_seg_to_segs_using_this_lv(seg->log_lv, seg))
diff --git a/lib/metadata/vg.h b/lib/metadata/vg.h
index e8fef29bc..2e1d95f38 100644
--- a/lib/metadata/vg.h
+++ b/lib/metadata/vg.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ struct volume_group {
 	unsigned needs_backup : 1;
 	unsigned needs_write_and_commit : 1;
 	unsigned needs_lockd_free_lvs : 1;
+	unsigned fixup_imported_mirrors : 1;
 	uint32_t write_count; /* count the number of vg_write calls */
 	uint32_t buffer_size_hint; /* hint with buffer size of parsed VG */
 
diff --git a/lib/mirror/mirrored.c b/lib/mirror/mirrored.c
index 072e17b3c..7e5834570 100644
--- a/lib/mirror/mirrored.c
+++ b/lib/mirror/mirrored.c
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ static int _mirrored_text_import(struct lv_segment *seg, const struct dm_config_
 			return 0;
 		}
 		seg->log_lv->status |= MIRROR_LOG;
+		seg->log_lv->vg->fixup_imported_mirrors = 1;
 	}
 
 	if (logname && !seg->region_size) {