diff --git a/WHATS_NEW_DM b/WHATS_NEW_DM
index 3ee22beeb..4501e34c8 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW_DM
+++ b/WHATS_NEW_DM
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 1.02.00 - 
 =============================
+  Also suppress error if device doesn't exist with DM_DEVICE_STATUS.
   Export dm_set_selinux_context().
   Add dm_driver_version().
   Added dependency tree functions to library.
diff --git a/libdm/ioctl/libdm-iface.c b/libdm/ioctl/libdm-iface.c
index ea43d01e5..f94ceca5e 100644
--- a/libdm/ioctl/libdm-iface.c
+++ b/libdm/ioctl/libdm-iface.c
@@ -1377,7 +1377,8 @@ static struct dm_ioctl *_do_dm_ioctl(struct dm_task *dmt, unsigned command,
 #ifdef DM_IOCTLS
 	if (ioctl(_control_fd, command, dmi) < 0) {
 		if (errno == ENXIO && ((dmt->type == DM_DEVICE_INFO) ||
-				       (dmt->type == DM_DEVICE_MKNODES)))
+				       (dmt->type == DM_DEVICE_MKNODES) ||
+				       (dmt->type == DM_DEVICE_STATUS)))
 			dmi->flags &= ~DM_EXISTS_FLAG;	/* FIXME */
 		else {
 			if (_log_suppress)