diff --git a/lib/metadata/lv_manip.c b/lib/metadata/lv_manip.c
index 660e742dd..7576eaeba 100644
--- a/lib/metadata/lv_manip.c
+++ b/lib/metadata/lv_manip.c
@@ -7244,6 +7244,7 @@ int wipe_lv(struct logical_volume *lv, struct wipe_params wp)
 			log_debug("Metadata logical volume %s will be fully zeroed.",
 				  display_lvname(lv));
 			zero_sectors = lv->size;
+			wp.zero_value = 0;
 		} else {
 			if (wp.is_metadata) /* Verbosely notify metadata will not be fully zeroed */
 				log_verbose("Metadata logical volume %s not fully zeroed and may contain stale data.",
@@ -7260,11 +7261,7 @@ int wipe_lv(struct logical_volume *lv, struct wipe_params wp)
 			    display_size(lv->vg->cmd, zero_sectors),
 			    display_lvname(lv), wp.zero_value);
 
-		if ((!wp.is_metadata &&
-		     wp.zero_value && !dev_set_bytes(dev, UINT64_C(0),
-						     (size_t) zero_sectors << SECTOR_SHIFT,
-						     (uint8_t)wp.zero_value)) ||
-		    !dev_write_zeros(dev, UINT64_C(0), (size_t) zero_sectors << SECTOR_SHIFT)) {
+		if (!dev_set_bytes(dev, UINT64_C(0), (size_t) zero_sectors << SECTOR_SHIFT, wp.zero_value)) {
 			log_error("Failed to initialize %s of logical volume %s with value %d.",
 				  display_size(lv->vg->cmd, zero_sectors),
 				  display_lvname(lv), wp.zero_value);