diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index 3ba8e304d..78a8052d1 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 2.02.176 -
 ===================================
+  Disallow creation of snapshot of mirror/raid subLV (was never supported).
   Fix regression in more advanced vgname extraction in lvconvert (2.02.169).
   Allow lvcreate to be used for caching of _tdata LV.
   Avoid internal error when resizing cache type _tdata LV (not yet supported).
diff --git a/lib/metadata/lv_manip.c b/lib/metadata/lv_manip.c
index b03f9cf97..4cca5a108 100644
--- a/lib/metadata/lv_manip.c
+++ b/lib/metadata/lv_manip.c
@@ -7622,11 +7622,20 @@ static struct logical_volume *_lv_create_an_lv(struct volume_group *vg,
 			}
 
 			if (lv_is_mirror_type(origin_lv)) {
+				if (!lv_is_mirror(origin_lv)) {
+					log_error("Snapshots of mirror subvolumes are not supported.");
+					return NULL;
+				}
 				log_warn("WARNING: Snapshots of mirrors can deadlock under rare device failures.");
 				log_warn("WARNING: Consider using the raid1 mirror type to avoid this.");
 				log_warn("WARNING: See global/mirror_segtype_default in lvm.conf.");
 			}
 
+			if (lv_is_raid_type(origin_lv) && !lv_is_raid(origin_lv)) {
+				log_error("Snapshots of raid subvolumes are not supported.");
+				return NULL;
+			}
+
 			if (vg_is_clustered(vg) && lv_is_active(origin_lv) &&
 			    !lv_is_active_exclusive_locally(origin_lv)) {
 				log_error("%s must be active exclusively to"
diff --git a/tools/lvconvert.c b/tools/lvconvert.c
index 02c649c4f..390a784c5 100644
--- a/tools/lvconvert.c
+++ b/tools/lvconvert.c
@@ -1945,8 +1945,9 @@ static int _lvconvert_snapshot(struct cmd_context *cmd,
 	 * LV_foo specification because this LV is not processed by process_each_lv.
 	 */
 	if ((lv_is_cache_type(org) && !lv_is_cache(org)) ||
-	    lv_is_thin_type(org) ||
-	    lv_is_mirrored(org) ||
+	    (lv_is_thin_type(org) && !lv_is_thin_volume(org)) ||
+	    (lv_is_mirror_type(org) && !lv_is_mirror(org)) ||
+	    (lv_is_raid_type(org) && !lv_is_raid(org)) ||
 	    lv_is_cow(org)) {
 		log_error("Unable to use LV %s as snapshot origin: invald LV type.",
 			  display_lvname(lv));