diff --git a/tools/vgmknodes.c b/tools/vgmknodes.c
index d37e62f8d..d1e785ba6 100644
--- a/tools/vgmknodes.c
+++ b/tools/vgmknodes.c
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ static int _vgmknodes_single(struct cmd_context *cmd, struct logical_volume *lv,
 
 int vgmknodes(struct cmd_context *cmd, int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	if (!lv_mknodes(cmd, NULL))
-		return_ECMD_FAILED;
+	if (!dm_udev_get_sync_support()) {
+		if (!lv_mknodes(cmd, NULL))
+			return_ECMD_FAILED;
+	}
 
 	return process_each_lv(cmd, argc, argv, NULL, NULL, LCK_VG_READ, NULL, NULL, &_vgmknodes_single);
 }