diff --git a/daemons/clvmd/lvm-functions.c b/daemons/clvmd/lvm-functions.c
index 6254122ee..7e7b992ee 100644
--- a/daemons/clvmd/lvm-functions.c
+++ b/daemons/clvmd/lvm-functions.c
@@ -913,6 +913,7 @@ int init_clvm(struct dm_hash_table *excl_uuid)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	cmd->is_clvmd = 1;
 	cmd->cmd_line = "clvmd";
 
 	/* Check lvm.conf is setup for cluster-LVM */
diff --git a/lib/activate/activate.c b/lib/activate/activate.c
index eb04ef023..8e79cf549 100644
--- a/lib/activate/activate.c
+++ b/lib/activate/activate.c
@@ -2154,6 +2154,9 @@ static int _lv_suspend(struct cmd_context *cmd, const char *lvid_s,
 	if (!activation())
 		return 1;
 
+	if (!cmd->is_clvmd)
+		goto skip_read;
+
 	if (lv && lv_pre)
 		goto skip_read;
 
@@ -2223,8 +2226,10 @@ skip_read:
 	 * did happen (or failed), and it will resume LVs using the
 	 * new/precommitted metadata if the vg_commit succeeded.
 	 */
-	lvmcache_save_vg(lv->vg, 0);
-	lvmcache_save_vg(lv_pre->vg, 1);
+	if (cmd->is_clvmd) {
+		lvmcache_save_vg(lv->vg, 0);
+		lvmcache_save_vg(lv_pre->vg, 1);
+	}
 
 	if (!info.exists || info.suspended) {
 		if (!error_if_not_suspended) {
diff --git a/lib/cache/lvmcache.c b/lib/cache/lvmcache.c
index 4a7b6f928..7534567f6 100644
--- a/lib/cache/lvmcache.c
+++ b/lib/cache/lvmcache.c
@@ -246,8 +246,6 @@ static void _drop_metadata(const char *vgname, int drop_precommitted)
 	if (!(vginfo = lvmcache_vginfo_from_vgname(vgname, NULL)))
 		return;
 
-	log_debug_cache("lvmcache: dropping saved_vg %s pre %d", vgname, drop_precommitted);
-
 	if (drop_precommitted)
 		_saved_vg_free(vginfo, 0, 1);
 	else
diff --git a/lib/commands/toolcontext.h b/lib/commands/toolcontext.h
index 24742641c..1d9de0a7a 100644
--- a/lib/commands/toolcontext.h
+++ b/lib/commands/toolcontext.h
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ struct cmd_context {
 	unsigned mirror_warn_printed:1;		/* command already printed warning about non-monitored mirrors */
 	unsigned pvscan_cache_single:1;
 	unsigned can_use_one_scan:1;
+	unsigned is_clvmd:1;
 
 	/*
 	 * Filtering.