diff --git a/shutdown b/shutdown
index e13e6fb..6beb4da 100644
--- a/shutdown
+++ b/shutdown
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ disassemble() {
 # might be in a useful state. FS#30995.
 rm -rf /run/udev
 
+# lvmetad has already gone away, so disable it
+sed -i "/^\s\s*use_lvmetad/c use_lvmetad = 0" /etc/lvm/lvm.conf
+
 # chdir, so that we can avoid a lot of path chopping
 cd /sys/class/block