diff --git a/lib/cinder b/lib/cinder
index 880af1fd40..958c7f05ac 100644
--- a/lib/cinder
+++ b/lib/cinder
@@ -372,15 +372,9 @@ function init_cinder {
 
     if is_service_enabled c-vol && [[ -n "$CINDER_ENABLED_BACKENDS" ]]; then
         local be be_name be_type
-        local has_lvm=0
         for be in ${CINDER_ENABLED_BACKENDS//,/ }; do
             be_type=${be%%:*}
             be_name=${be##*:}
-
-            if [[ $be_type == 'lvm' ]]; then
-                has_lvm=1
-            fi
-
             if type init_cinder_backend_${be_type} >/dev/null 2>&1; then
                 # Always init the default volume group for lvm.
                 if [[ "$be_type" == "lvm" ]]; then
@@ -391,17 +385,6 @@ function init_cinder {
         done
     fi
 
-    # Keep it simple, set a marker if there's an LVM backend
-    # use the created VG's to setup lvm filters
-    if [[ $has_lvm == 1 ]]; then
-        # Order matters here, not only obviously to make
-        # sure the VG's are created, but also some distros
-        # do some customizations to lvm.conf on init, we
-        # want to make sure we copy those over
-        sudo cp /etc/lvm/lvm.conf /etc/cinder/lvm.conf
-        configure_cinder_backend_conf_lvm
-    fi
-
     mkdir -p $CINDER_STATE_PATH/volumes
     create_cinder_cache_dir
 }
diff --git a/lib/cinder_backends/lvm b/lib/cinder_backends/lvm
index 52fc6fbf63..f210578339 100644
--- a/lib/cinder_backends/lvm
+++ b/lib/cinder_backends/lvm
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 # clean_cinder_backend_lvm - called from clean_cinder()
 # configure_cinder_backend_lvm - called from configure_cinder()
 # init_cinder_backend_lvm - called from init_cinder()
-# configure_cinder_backend_conf_lvm - called from configure_cinder()
 
 
 # Save trace setting
@@ -66,36 +65,6 @@ function init_cinder_backend_lvm {
     init_lvm_volume_group $VOLUME_GROUP_NAME-$be_name $VOLUME_BACKING_FILE_SIZE
 }
 
-# configure_cinder_backend_conf_lvm - Sets device filter in /etc/cinder/lvm.conf
-# init_cinder_backend_lvm
-function configure_cinder_backend_conf_lvm {
-    local filter_suffix='"r/.*/" ]'
-    local filter_string="filter = [ "
-    local conf_entries=$(grep volume_group /etc/cinder/cinder.conf | sed "s/ //g")
-    local pv
-    local vg
-    local line
-
-    for pv_info in $(sudo pvs --noheadings -o name,vg_name --separator ';'); do
-        echo_summary "Evaluate PV info for Cinder lvm.conf: $pv_info"
-        IFS=';' read pv vg <<< "$pv_info"
-        for line in ${conf_entries}; do
-            IFS='=' read label group <<< "$line"
-            group=$(echo $group|sed "s/^ *//g")
-            if [[ "$vg" == "$group" ]]; then
-                new="\"a$pv/\", "
-                filter_string=$filter_string$new
-            fi
-        done
-    done
-    filter_string=$filter_string$filter_suffix
-
-    # FIXME(jdg): Possible odd case that the lvm.conf file has been modified
-    # and doesn't have a filter entry to search/replace.  For devstack don't
-    # know that we care, but could consider adding a check and add
-    sudo sed -i "s#^[ \t]*filter.*#    $filter_string#g" /etc/cinder/lvm.conf
-    echo "set LVM filter_strings: $filter_string"
-}
 # Restore xtrace
 $MY_XTRACE
 
diff --git a/lib/lvm b/lib/lvm
index 39eed00675..d0322c76b3 100644
--- a/lib/lvm
+++ b/lib/lvm
@@ -138,6 +138,31 @@ function init_default_lvm_volume_group {
     fi
 }
 
+# set_lvm_filter() Gather all devices configured for LVM and
+# use them to build a global device filter
+# set_lvm_filter() Create a device filter
+# and add to /etc/lvm.conf.  Note this uses
+# all current PV's in use by LVM on the
+# system to build it's filter.
+#
+# Usage: set_lvm_filter()
+function set_lvm_filter {
+    local filter_suffix='"r|.*|" ]'
+    local filter_string="global_filter = [ "
+    local pv
+    local vg
+    local line
+
+    for pv_info in $(sudo pvs --noheadings -o name); do
+        pv=$(echo -e "${pv_info}" | sed 's/ //g' | sed 's/\/dev\///g')
+        new="\"a|$pv|\", "
+        filter_string=$filter_string$new
+    done
+    filter_string=$filter_string$filter_suffix
+
+    sudo sed -i "/# global_filter = \[*\]/a\    $global_filter$filter_string" /etc/lvm/lvm.conf
+    echo_summary "set lvm.conf device global_filter to: $filter_string"
+}
 
 # Restore xtrace
 $MY_XTRACE
diff --git a/stack.sh b/stack.sh
index eac7eec724..ee1b985eab 100755
--- a/stack.sh
+++ b/stack.sh
@@ -1316,6 +1316,15 @@ service_check
 # Prepare bash completion for OSC
 openstack complete | sudo tee /etc/bash_completion.d/osc.bash_completion > /dev/null
 
+# If cinder is configured, set global_filter for PV devices
+if is_service_enabled cinder; then
+    if is_ubuntu; then
+        echo_summary "Configuring lvm.conf global device filter"
+        set_lvm_filter
+    else
+        echo_summary "Skip setting lvm filters for non Ubuntu systems"
+    fi
+fi
 
 # Fin
 # ===