diff --git a/WHATS_NEW_DM b/WHATS_NEW_DM
index 3ea0502bc..75bd1b308 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW_DM
+++ b/WHATS_NEW_DM
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 1.02.78 - 
 ===================================
+  Automatically deactivate failed preloaded dm tree node.
   Add DM_DISABLE_UDEV environment variable to manage dev nodes by libdm only.
   Fix dm_task_set_cookie to properly process udev flags if udev_sync disabled.
 
diff --git a/libdm/libdm-deptree.c b/libdm/libdm-deptree.c
index 096eba2f0..e4a574d05 100644
--- a/libdm/libdm-deptree.c
+++ b/libdm/libdm-deptree.c
@@ -2496,6 +2496,11 @@ int dm_tree_preload_children(struct dm_tree_node *dnode,
 			log_error("Unable to resume %s (%" PRIu32
 				  ":%" PRIu32 ")", child->name, child->info.major,
 				  child->info.minor);
+			if (!_deactivate_node(child->name, child->info.major, child->info.minor,
+					      &child->dtree->cookie, child->udev_flags, 0))
+				log_error("Unable to deactivate %s (%" PRIu32
+					  ":%" PRIu32 ")", child->name, child->info.major,
+					  child->info.minor);
 			r = 0;
 			continue;
 		}