diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index a96f488c7..afb1b6535 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 2.03.11 - 
 ==================================
+  Improve estimation of needed extents when creating thin-pool.
   Use extra 1% when resizing thin-pool metadata LV with --use-policy.
   Enhance --use-policy percentage rounding.
   Configure --with-vdo and --with-writecache as internal segments.
diff --git a/lib/metadata/lv_manip.c b/lib/metadata/lv_manip.c
index 70ac8a799..d1389d725 100644
--- a/lib/metadata/lv_manip.c
+++ b/lib/metadata/lv_manip.c
@@ -1837,12 +1837,12 @@ static int _sufficient_pes_free(struct alloc_handle *ah, struct dm_list *pvms,
 {
 	uint32_t area_extents_needed = (extents_still_needed - allocated) * ah->area_count / ah->area_multiple;
 	uint32_t parity_extents_needed = (extents_still_needed - allocated) * ah->parity_count / ah->area_multiple;
-	uint32_t metadata_extents_needed = ah->alloc_and_split_meta ? 0 : ah->metadata_area_count * RAID_METADATA_AREA_LEN; /* One each */
-	uint32_t total_extents_needed = area_extents_needed + parity_extents_needed + metadata_extents_needed;
+	uint32_t metadata_extents_needed = ah->alloc_and_split_meta ? 0 : ah->metadata_area_count * RAID_METADATA_AREA_LEN + ah->log_len; /* One each */
+	uint64_t total_extents_needed = (uint64_t)area_extents_needed + parity_extents_needed + metadata_extents_needed;
 	uint32_t free_pes = pv_maps_size(pvms);
 
 	if (total_extents_needed > free_pes) {
-		log_error("Insufficient free space: %" PRIu32 " extents needed,"
+		log_error("Insufficient free space: %" PRIu64 " extents needed,"
 			  " but only %" PRIu32 " available",
 			  total_extents_needed, free_pes);
 		return 0;