diff --git a/WHATS_NEW_DM b/WHATS_NEW_DM
index dfa5a97b9..d9503c222 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW_DM
+++ b/WHATS_NEW_DM
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 1.02.146 -
 ====================================
+  Activation tree of thin pool skips duplicated check of pool status.
   Remove code supporting replicator target.
   Do not ignore failure of _info_by_dev().
   Propagate delayed resume for pvmove subvolumes.
diff --git a/libdm/libdm-deptree.c b/libdm/libdm-deptree.c
index ef5da59e0..f463eab3c 100644
--- a/libdm/libdm-deptree.c
+++ b/libdm/libdm-deptree.c
@@ -1920,7 +1920,7 @@ int dm_tree_activate_children(struct dm_tree_node *dnode,
 	 * resume should continue further, just whole command
 	 * has to report failure.
 	 */
-	if (r && dnode->props.send_messages &&
+	if (r && (dnode->props.send_messages > 1) &&
 	    !(r = _node_send_messages(dnode, uuid_prefix, uuid_prefix_len, 1)))
 		stack;