diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index e68735b57..83725073a 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 Version 2.02.49 - 
 ================================
+  Exclude VG_GLOBAL from vg_write_lock_held so scans open devs read-only again.
   Add unit test case for liblvm VG create/delete APIs.
   Add liblvm APIs to implement creation and deletion of VGs.
-  Initialize cmd->cmd_line to "liblvm".
-  Place handles to liblvm objects for pv, vg, lv, lvseg, pvseg inside lvm.h
+  Initialize cmd->cmd_line to "liblvm" in new liblvm library.
+  Place handles to liblvm objects for pv, vg, lv, lvseg, pvseg inside lvm.h.
   Refactor vgsplit and vgextend to remove READ_REQUIRE_RESIZEABLE flag.
-  Changed exit() to _exit() after fork(); avoid flushing libc buffers twice.
-  Fixed invalid type being passed as printf argument on Sparc64.
+  Changed exit() to _exit() after fork() to avoid flushing libc buffers twice.
+  Add cast to log_info arg in _find_labeller to avoid Sparc64 warning.
   Make cmd->cmd_line const.
   Fix dev name mismatch in vgcreate man page example.
   Refactor vg_remove_single for use in liblvm.
diff --git a/lib/locking/locking.c b/lib/locking/locking.c
index 5c04b4f07..032f8ba13 100644
--- a/lib/locking/locking.c
+++ b/lib/locking/locking.c
@@ -189,10 +189,12 @@ void reset_locking(void)
 		_unblock_signals();
 }
 
-static void _update_vg_lock_count(uint32_t flags)
+static void _update_vg_lock_count(const char *resource, uint32_t flags)
 {
+	/* Ignore locks not associated with updating VG metadata */
 	if ((flags & LCK_SCOPE_MASK) != LCK_VG ||
-	    (flags & LCK_CACHE))
+	    (flags & LCK_CACHE) ||
+	    !strcmp(resource, VG_GLOBAL))
 		return;
 
 	if ((flags & LCK_TYPE_MASK) == LCK_UNLOCK)
@@ -356,7 +358,7 @@ static int _lock_vol(struct cmd_context *cmd, const char *resource, uint32_t fla
 								== LCK_READ);
 		}
 
-		_update_vg_lock_count(flags);
+		_update_vg_lock_count(resource, flags);
 	}
 
 	_unlock_memory(flags);