diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index 19c7ede5b..352524453 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 2.03.26 - 
 ==================
+  Fix vgmknodes --refresh to wait for udev before checking /dev content.
   Use log/report_command_log=1 config setting by default for JSON output format.
   lvextend fix unreleased memory pools on RAID
 
diff --git a/tools/vgmknodes.c b/tools/vgmknodes.c
index 9942af7b2..a5d0beee7 100644
--- a/tools/vgmknodes.c
+++ b/tools/vgmknodes.c
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@
 static int _vgmknodes_single(struct cmd_context *cmd, struct logical_volume *lv,
 			     struct processing_handle *handle __attribute__((unused)))
 {
-	if (arg_is_set(cmd, refresh_ARG) && lv_is_visible(lv))
+	if (arg_is_set(cmd, refresh_ARG) && lv_is_visible(lv)) {
 		if (!lv_refresh(cmd, lv))
 			return_ECMD_FAILED;
+		sync_local_dev_names(cmd);
+	}
 
 	if (!lv_mknodes(cmd, lv))
 		return_ECMD_FAILED;