diff --git a/lib/label/hints.c b/lib/label/hints.c
index a2e76468a..eb0e725e9 100644
--- a/lib/label/hints.c
+++ b/lib/label/hints.c
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ static int _dev_in_hint_hash(struct cmd_context *cmd, struct device *dev)
 	if (!cmd->scan_lvs && dm_is_dm_major(MAJOR(dev->dev)) && dev_is_lv(dev))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (dev_get_size(dev, &devsize) && !devsize)
+	if (!dev_get_size(dev, &devsize) || !devsize)
 		return 0;
 
 	return 1;
@@ -604,6 +604,8 @@ static int _read_hint_file(struct cmd_context *cmd, struct dm_list *hints, int *
 	if (!(fp = fopen(_hints_file, "r")))
 		return 0;
 
+	log_debug("Reading hint file");
+
 	for (i = 0; i < HINT_LINE_WORDS; i++)
 		split[i] = NULL;