diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index dfa50e841..e7c9b0469 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 2.02.107 - 
 ==================================
+  Use proper libmem mempool for allocation of unknown segment name.
   Add --readonly to reporting and display tools for lock-free metadata access.
   Add locking_type 5 for dummy locking for tools that do not need any locks.
   Fix _recover_vg() error path when lock conversion fails.
diff --git a/lib/unknown/unknown.c b/lib/unknown/unknown.c
index f2a65eb82..848a3694e 100644
--- a/lib/unknown/unknown.c
+++ b/lib/unknown/unknown.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ struct segment_type *init_unknown_segtype(struct cmd_context *cmd, const char *n
 
 	segtype->cmd = cmd;
 	segtype->ops = &_unknown_ops;
-	segtype->name = dm_pool_strdup(cmd->mem, name);
+	segtype->name = dm_pool_strdup(cmd->libmem, name);
 	segtype->private = NULL;
 	segtype->flags = SEG_UNKNOWN | SEG_VIRTUAL | SEG_CANNOT_BE_ZEROED;
 
diff --git a/test/shell/unknown-segment.sh b/test/shell/unknown-segment.sh
index 8ec48d22d..b4a5dfda6 100644
--- a/test/shell/unknown-segment.sh
+++ b/test/shell/unknown-segment.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ vgcfgrestore -f bak0 $vg
 # we have on-disk metadata with unknown segments now
 not lvchange -aey $vg/$lv1 # check that activation is refused
 
+# try once more to catch invalid memory access with valgrind
+# when clvmd flushes cmd mem pool
+not lvchange -aey $vg/$lv1 # check that activation is refused
+
 vgcfgbackup -f bak1 $vg
 cat bak1
 sed -e 's,unstriped,striped,;s,unmirror,mirror,' -i.orig bak1