diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index 5a1e2144b..ab36cb348 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 2.02.108 -
 =================================
+  Fix regression causing PVs not in VGs to be marked as allocatable (2.02.59).
   Fix VG component of lvid in vgsplit/vgmerge and check in vg_validate.
   Add lv_full_name, lv_parent and lv_dm_path fields to reports.
   Change lv_path field to suppress devices that never appear in /dev/vg.
diff --git a/lib/metadata/metadata.c b/lib/metadata/metadata.c
index 50d44ec68..2d697143c 100644
--- a/lib/metadata/metadata.c
+++ b/lib/metadata/metadata.c
@@ -1599,7 +1599,6 @@ static struct physical_volume *_alloc_pv(struct dm_pool *mem, struct device *dev
 	}
 
 	pv->dev = dev;
-	pv->status = ALLOCATABLE_PV;
 
 	dm_list_init(&pv->tags);
 	dm_list_init(&pv->segments);
diff --git a/test/shell/pvchange-usage.sh b/test/shell/pvchange-usage.sh
index ac63aec7e..72ab16b47 100644
--- a/test/shell/pvchange-usage.sh
+++ b/test/shell/pvchange-usage.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,17 @@ check_changed_uuid_() {
 
 aux prepare_pvs 4
 
+# check 'allocatable' pv attribute
+pvcreate $dev1
+check pv_field "$dev1" pv_attr ---
+vgcreate $vg1 "$dev1"
+check pv_field "$dev1" pv_attr a--
+pvchange --allocatable n "$dev1"
+check pv_field "$dev1" pv_attr ---
+vgremove -ff $vg1
+not pvchange --allocatable y "$dev1"
+pvremove -ff "$dev1"
+
 for mda in 0 1 2
 do
 # "setup pv with metadatacopies = $mda"