diff --git a/lib/label/label.c b/lib/label/label.c
index bc8e60fc9..36eab19f3 100644
--- a/lib/label/label.c
+++ b/lib/label/label.c
@@ -1302,6 +1302,21 @@ int label_read_pvid(struct device *dev)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+/*
+ * label_scan_devs without invalidating data for the devs first,
+ * when the caller wants to make use of any bcache data that
+ * they may have already read.
+ */
+int label_scan_devs_cached(struct cmd_context *cmd, struct dev_filter *f, struct dm_list *devs)
+{
+	if (!scan_bcache)
+		return 0;
+
+	_scan_list(cmd, f, devs, NULL);
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
 /*
  * Scan and cache lvm data from the listed devices.  If a device is already
  * scanned and cached, this replaces the previously cached lvm data for the
diff --git a/lib/label/label.h b/lib/label/label.h
index ddfb34af5..a98ba32e3 100644
--- a/lib/label/label.h
+++ b/lib/label/label.h
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ extern struct bcache *scan_bcache;
 
 int label_scan(struct cmd_context *cmd);
 int label_scan_devs(struct cmd_context *cmd, struct dev_filter *f, struct dm_list *devs);
+int label_scan_devs_cached(struct cmd_context *cmd, struct dev_filter *f, struct dm_list *devs);
 int label_scan_devs_rw(struct cmd_context *cmd, struct dev_filter *f, struct dm_list *devs);
 int label_scan_devs_excl(struct dm_list *devs);
 int label_scan_dev(struct device *dev);