diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index 95f79f4cb..15d239f5a 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 2.02.89 - 
 ==================================
+  Fix lv_mirror_count to handle mirrored stripes properly.
   Fix failure to down-convert a mirror to linear due to udev "dev open" conflict
   Fix mirrored log creation when PE size is small - force log_size >= region_size
   Fix improper RAID 64-bit status flag reset when and'ing against 32-bit flag.
diff --git a/lib/metadata/mirror.c b/lib/metadata/mirror.c
index e07597f9d..a4f906b77 100644
--- a/lib/metadata/mirror.c
+++ b/lib/metadata/mirror.c
@@ -114,16 +114,18 @@ uint32_t lv_mirror_count(const struct logical_volume *lv)
 		return 1;
 
 	seg = first_seg(lv);
-	mirrors = seg->area_count;
+	mirrors = 0;
 
 	for (s = 0; s < seg->area_count; s++) {
 		if (seg_type(seg, s) != AREA_LV)
 			continue;
 		if (is_temporary_mirror_layer(seg_lv(seg, s)))
 			mirrors += lv_mirror_count(seg_lv(seg, s)) - 1;
+		else
+			mirrors++;
 	}
 
-	return mirrors;
+	return mirrors ? mirrors : 1;
 }
 
 struct lv_segment *find_mirror_seg(struct lv_segment *seg)