diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index 7b380865d..4dde3cebe 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 Version 2.02.63 -  
 ================================
+  Fix --alloc contiguous policy only to allocate one set of parallel areas.
   Do not allow {vg|lv}change --ignoremonitoring if on clustered VG.
   Improved dependency tracking for dmeventd and liblvm2cmd sources.
   Improved Makefile rules for distclean and cflow targets.
   Add ability to create mirrored logs for mirror LVs.
-  Use a real socket for singlenode clvmd to fix clvmd's high cpu load.
   Fix clvmd cluster propagation of dmeventd monitoring mode.
   Allow ALLOC_ANYWHERE to split contiguous areas.
   Use INTERNAL_ERROR for internal errors throughout tree.
diff --git a/lib/metadata/lv_manip.c b/lib/metadata/lv_manip.c
index 97df5a710..661b85b52 100644
--- a/lib/metadata/lv_manip.c
+++ b/lib/metadata/lv_manip.c
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ static int _find_parallel_space(struct alloc_handle *ah, alloc_policy_t alloc,
 					  log_needs_allocating, ix_log_offset))
 			return_0;
 
-	} while (!contiguous && *allocated != needed && can_split);
+	} while ((alloc != ALLOC_CONTIGUOUS) && *allocated != needed && can_split);
 
 	return 1;
 }