diff --git a/daemons/clvmd/lvm-functions.c b/daemons/clvmd/lvm-functions.c
index ef4953b3b..3673803ad 100644
--- a/daemons/clvmd/lvm-functions.c
+++ b/daemons/clvmd/lvm-functions.c
@@ -733,7 +733,6 @@ int init_lvm(int using_gulm)
 	init_syslog(LOG_DAEMON);
 	openlog("clvmd", LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON);
 	set_activation(cmd->current_settings.activation);
-	backup_enable(cmd, cmd->current_settings.backup);
 	cmd->cmd_line = (char *)"clvmd";
 
 	/* Check lvm.conf is setup for cluster-LVM */
diff --git a/lib/commands/toolcontext.c b/lib/commands/toolcontext.c
index 0fd096357..186a81601 100644
--- a/lib/commands/toolcontext.c
+++ b/lib/commands/toolcontext.c
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ static int _init_backup(struct cmd_context *cmd)
 
 	if (!cmd->sys_dir) {
 		log_warn("WARNING: Metadata changes will NOT be backed up");
-		backup_init(cmd, "");
+		backup_init(cmd, "", 0);
 		archive_init(cmd, "", 0, 0, 0);
 		return 1;
 	}
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ static int _init_backup(struct cmd_context *cmd)
 
 	dir = find_config_tree_str(cmd, "backup/backup_dir", default_dir);
 
-	if (!backup_init(cmd, dir)) {
+	if (!backup_init(cmd, dir, cmd->default_settings.backup)) {
 		log_debug("backup_init failed.");
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/lib/format_text/archiver.c b/lib/format_text/archiver.c
index e0f3af327..9234e2e87 100644
--- a/lib/format_text/archiver.c
+++ b/lib/format_text/archiver.c
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ int archive_display_file(struct cmd_context *cmd, const char *file)
 	return r;
 }
 
-int backup_init(struct cmd_context *cmd, const char *dir)
+int backup_init(struct cmd_context *cmd, const char *dir,
+		int enabled)
 {
 	if (!(cmd->backup_params = dm_pool_zalloc(cmd->libmem,
 					       sizeof(*cmd->archive_params)))) {
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@ int backup_init(struct cmd_context *cmd, const char *dir)
 		log_error("Couldn't copy backup directory name.");
 		return 0;
 	}
+	backup_enable(cmd, enabled);
 
 	return 1;
 }
diff --git a/lib/format_text/archiver.h b/lib/format_text/archiver.h
index 835d677d2..eb58ae9de 100644
--- a/lib/format_text/archiver.h
+++ b/lib/format_text/archiver.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ int archive(struct volume_group *vg);
 int archive_display(struct cmd_context *cmd, const char *vg_name);
 int archive_display_file(struct cmd_context *cmd, const char *file);
 
-int backup_init(struct cmd_context *cmd, const char *dir);
+int backup_init(struct cmd_context *cmd, const char *dir, int enabled);
 void backup_exit(struct cmd_context *cmd);
 
 void backup_enable(struct cmd_context *cmd, int flag);
diff --git a/tools/lvmcmdline.c b/tools/lvmcmdline.c
index 0bd875ee7..2c6c60d54 100644
--- a/tools/lvmcmdline.c
+++ b/tools/lvmcmdline.c
@@ -1097,8 +1097,6 @@ struct cmd_context *init_lvm(unsigned is_static)
 	init_msg_prefix(cmd->default_settings.msg_prefix);
 	init_cmd_name(cmd->default_settings.cmd_name);
 
-	backup_enable(cmd, cmd->current_settings.backup);
-
 	set_activation(cmd->current_settings.activation);
 
 	cmd->fmt = arg_ptr_value(cmd, metadatatype_ARG,