diff --git a/lib/activate/dev_manager.c b/lib/activate/dev_manager.c
index 3168e8803..74dbc609c 100644
--- a/lib/activate/dev_manager.c
+++ b/lib/activate/dev_manager.c
@@ -3612,6 +3612,7 @@ static int _clean_tree(struct dev_manager *dm, struct dm_tree_node *root, const
 			if (!dm_tree_deactivate_children(root, dl->str, strlen(dl->str)))
 				return_0;
 		}
+		dm_list_init(&dm->pending_delete);
 	}
 
 	return 1;
@@ -3738,25 +3739,22 @@ out_no_root:
 int dev_manager_activate(struct dev_manager *dm, const struct logical_volume *lv,
 			 struct lv_activate_opts *laopts)
 {
+	dm_list_splice(&dm->pending_delete, &lv->vg->cmd->pending_delete);
+
 	if (!_tree_action(dm, lv, laopts, ACTIVATE))
 		return_0;
 
-	/*
-	 * When lvm2 resumes a device and shortly after that it removes it,
-	 * udevd rule will try to blindly call 'dmsetup info' on already removed
-	 * device leaving the trace inside syslog about failing operation.
-	 *
-	 * TODO: It's not completely clear this call here is the best fix.
-	 *       Maybe there can be a better sequence, but ATM we do usually resume
-	 *       error device i.e. on cache deletion and remove it.
-	 * TODO2: there could be more similar cases!
-	 */
-	if (!dm_list_empty(&dm->pending_delete))
-		fs_unlock();
-
 	if (!_tree_action(dm, lv, laopts, CLEAN))
 		return_0;
 
+	if (!dm_list_empty(&dm->pending_delete)) {
+		log_debug("Preserving %d device(s) for removal while being suspended.",
+			  dm_list_size(&dm->pending_delete));
+		if (!(str_list_dup(lv->vg->cmd->mem, &lv->vg->cmd->pending_delete,
+				   &dm->pending_delete)))
+			return_0;
+	}
+
 	return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/commands/toolcontext.c b/lib/commands/toolcontext.c
index 1e03ea235..0a9355361 100644
--- a/lib/commands/toolcontext.c
+++ b/lib/commands/toolcontext.c
@@ -1734,6 +1734,8 @@ struct cmd_context *create_toolcontext(unsigned is_clvmd,
 	cmd->current_settings = cmd->default_settings;
 
 	cmd->initialized.config = 1;
+
+	dm_list_init(&cmd->pending_delete);
 out:
 	if (!cmd->initialized.config) {
 		destroy_toolcontext(cmd);
@@ -1922,6 +1924,12 @@ int refresh_toolcontext(struct cmd_context *cmd)
 
 	cmd->initialized.config = 1;
 
+	if (!dm_list_empty(&cmd->pending_delete)) {
+		log_debug(INTERNAL_ERROR "Unprocessed pending delete for %d devices.",
+			  dm_list_size(&cmd->pending_delete));
+		dm_list_init(&cmd->pending_delete);
+	}
+
 	if (cmd->initialized.connections && !init_connections(cmd))
 		return_0;
 
diff --git a/lib/commands/toolcontext.h b/lib/commands/toolcontext.h
index 655d9f297..8a20d1f14 100644
--- a/lib/commands/toolcontext.h
+++ b/lib/commands/toolcontext.h
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ struct cmd_context {
 	const char *report_list_item_separator;
 	const char *time_format;
 	unsigned rand_seed;
+	struct dm_list pending_delete;		/* list of LVs for removal */
 };
 
 /*