diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend_logical.c b/src/storage/storage_backend_logical.c
index 6a6720e220bcf2c12c7e7e23e6641d790270a31a..85e080bf9848ac104b3a717a7c113fe6c73d67fa 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_backend_logical.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_backend_logical.c
@@ -743,6 +743,19 @@ static int
 virStorageBackendLogicalStartPool(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                                   virStoragePoolObjPtr pool)
 {
+    size_t i;
+
+    /* Let's make sure the pool's devices are properly formatted */
+    for (i = 0; i < pool->def->source.ndevice; i++) {
+        const char *path = pool->def->source.devices[i].path;
+
+        /* The blkid FS and Part probing code doesn't know "lvm2" (this
+         * pool's only format type), but it does know "LVM2_member", so
+         * we'll pass that here */
+        if (!virStorageBackendDeviceIsEmpty(path, "LVM2_member", false))
+            return -1;
+    }
+
     /* Let's make sure that the pool's name matches the pvs output and
      * that the pool's source devices match the pvs output.
      */