diff --git a/lib/metadata/metadata-exported.h b/lib/metadata/metadata-exported.h
index a48aef2a0..94e8ebf2f 100644
--- a/lib/metadata/metadata-exported.h
+++ b/lib/metadata/metadata-exported.h
@@ -119,8 +119,10 @@
 
 #define LV_PENDING_DELETE	UINT64_C(0x0004000000000000)    /* LV - Internal use only */
 #define LV_ERROR_WHEN_FULL	UINT64_C(0x0008000000000000)    /* LV - error when full */
-
-/* Next unused flag:		UINT64_C(0x0010000000000000)    */
+#define PV_ALLOCATION_PROHIBITED	UINT64_C(0x0010000000000000)	/* PV - internal use only - allocation prohibited
+									e.g. to prohibit allocation of a RAID image
+									on a PV already holing an image of the RAID set */
+/* Next unused flag:		UINT64_C(0x0020000000000000)    */
 
 /* Format features flags */
 #define FMT_SEGMENTS		0x00000001U	/* Arbitrary segment params? */
diff --git a/lib/metadata/pv_map.c b/lib/metadata/pv_map.c
index 4423a7d1f..b6cf31e97 100644
--- a/lib/metadata/pv_map.c
+++ b/lib/metadata/pv_map.c
@@ -133,8 +133,11 @@ static int _create_maps(struct dm_pool *mem, struct dm_list *pvs, struct dm_list
 	struct pv_list *pvl;
 
 	dm_list_iterate_items(pvl, pvs) {
-		if (!(pvl->pv->status & ALLOCATABLE_PV))
+		if (!(pvl->pv->status & ALLOCATABLE_PV) ||
+		    (pvl->pv->status & PV_ALLOCATION_PROHIBITED)) {
+		    	pvl->pv->status &= ~PV_ALLOCATION_PROHIBITED;
 			continue;
+		}
 		if (is_missing_pv(pvl->pv))
 			continue;
 		assert(pvl->pv->dev);
diff --git a/lib/metadata/raid_manip.c b/lib/metadata/raid_manip.c
index cb0366f8e..d50237926 100644
--- a/lib/metadata/raid_manip.c
+++ b/lib/metadata/raid_manip.c
@@ -1553,14 +1553,15 @@ static int _avoid_pvs_of_lv(struct logical_volume *lv, void *data)
 	dm_list_iterate_items(pvl, allocate_pvs)
 		if (!(lv->status & PARTIAL_LV) &&
 		    lv_is_on_pv(lv, pvl->pv))
-			pvl->pv->status &= ~ALLOCATABLE_PV;
+			pvl->pv->status |= PV_ALLOCATION_PROHIBITED;
 
 	return 1;
  }
 
 /*
- * Prevent any PVs holding other image components of @lv from being used for allocation,
- * I.e. reset ALLOCATABLE_PV on respective PVs listed on @allocatable_pvs
+ * Prevent any PVs holding other image components of @lv from being used for allocation
+ * by setting the internal PV_ALLOCATION_PROHIBITED flag to use it to avoid generating
+ * pv maps for those PVs.
  */
 static void _avoid_pvs_with_other_images_of_lv(struct logical_volume *lv, struct dm_list *allocate_pvs)
 {