diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index d19df2d10..2e649b166 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 2.02.97 - 
 ===============================
+  Fix test for PV with unknown VG in process_each_pv to ignore ignored mdas.
   Update man pages with --activate ay option and auto_activation_volume_list.
   Fix _alloc_parallel_area to avoid picking already-full areas for raid devices.
   Use vgchange -aay instead of vgchange -ay in clmvd init script.
diff --git a/tools/toollib.c b/tools/toollib.c
index 142de5583..0f6810b61 100644
--- a/tools/toollib.c
+++ b/tools/toollib.c
@@ -770,8 +770,7 @@ int process_each_pv(struct cmd_context *cmd, int argc, char **argv,
 				 * PV on the system.
 				 */
 				if (!scanned && is_orphan(pv) &&
-				    !dm_list_size(&pv->fid->metadata_areas_in_use) &&
-				    !dm_list_size(&pv->fid->metadata_areas_ignored)) {
+				    !dm_list_size(&pv->fid->metadata_areas_in_use)) {
 					if (!scan_label_only &&
 					    !scan_vgs_for_pvs(cmd, 1)) {
 						stack;