diff --git a/lib/format1/import-export.c b/lib/format1/import-export.c
index cb8964008..84dca77da 100644
--- a/lib/format1/import-export.c
+++ b/lib/format1/import-export.c
@@ -254,10 +254,13 @@ int import_lv(struct pool *mem, struct logical_volume *lv, struct lv_disk *lvd)
 	if (lvd->lv_badblock)
 		lv->status |= BADBLOCK_ON;
 
-	if (lvd->lv_allocation == LV_STRICT)
+	if (lvd->lv_allocation & LV_STRICT)
 		lv->status |= ALLOC_STRICT;
-	else
+
+	if (lvd->lv_allocation & LV_CONTIGUOUS)
 		lv->status |= ALLOC_CONTIGUOUS;
+	else
+		lv->status |= ALLOC_SIMPLE;
 
 	lv->read_ahead = lvd->lv_read_ahead;
 	lv->stripes = lvd->lv_stripes;
@@ -314,9 +317,10 @@ void export_lv(struct lv_disk *lvd, struct volume_group *vg,
 		lvd->lv_badblock = LV_BADBLOCK_ON;
 
 	if (lv->status & ALLOC_STRICT)
-		lvd->lv_allocation = LV_STRICT;
-	else
-		lvd->lv_allocation = LV_CONTIGUOUS;
+		lvd->lv_allocation |= LV_STRICT;
+
+	if (lv->status & ALLOC_CONTIGUOUS)
+		lvd->lv_allocation |= LV_CONTIGUOUS;
 }
 
 int import_extents(struct pool *mem, struct volume_group *vg, struct list *pvs)
diff --git a/lib/metadata/lv_manip.c b/lib/metadata/lv_manip.c
index c410506b1..570c2d1f5 100644
--- a/lib/metadata/lv_manip.c
+++ b/lib/metadata/lv_manip.c
@@ -156,9 +156,15 @@ static int _allocate(struct volume_group *vg, struct logical_volume *lv,
 	else if (lv->status & ALLOC_CONTIGUOUS)
 		r = _alloc_contiguous(lv, pvms, allocated);
 
-	else
+	else if (lv->status & ALLOC_SIMPLE)
 		r = _alloc_simple(lv, pvms, allocated);
 
+	else {
+		log_err("Unknown allocation policy, "
+			"unable to setup logical volume.");
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	if (r) {
 		vg->free_count -= lv->le_count - allocated;
 	}
diff --git a/lib/metadata/metadata.h b/lib/metadata/metadata.h
index 9dfe55574..a708421d0 100644
--- a/lib/metadata/metadata.h
+++ b/lib/metadata/metadata.h
@@ -33,10 +33,11 @@
 #define CLUSTERED         	0x00000400  /* VG */
 #define SHARED            	0x00000800  /* VG */
 
-#define ALLOC_STRICT		0x00001000  /* LV */
-#define ALLOC_CONTIGUOUS  	0x00002000  /* LV */
-#define SNAPSHOT          	0x00004000  /* LV */
-#define SNAPSHOT_ORG      	0x00008000  /* LV */
+#define ALLOC_SIMPLE            0x00001000  /* LVM */
+#define ALLOC_STRICT		0x00002000  /* LV */
+#define ALLOC_CONTIGUOUS  	0x00004000  /* LV */
+#define SNAPSHOT          	0x00008000  /* LV */
+#define SNAPSHOT_ORG      	0x00010000  /* LV */
 
 
 #define EXPORTED_TAG "PV_EXP"  /* Identifier of exported PV */