diff --git a/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/ceph-volume/_init-with-ceph-volume.sh.tpl b/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/ceph-volume/_init-with-ceph-volume.sh.tpl
index 57f0238e3..14b4245a2 100644
--- a/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/ceph-volume/_init-with-ceph-volume.sh.tpl
+++ b/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/ceph-volume/_init-with-ceph-volume.sh.tpl
@@ -349,6 +349,11 @@ function osd_disk_prepare {
        BLOCK_DB=${VG}/ceph-db-${osd_dev_string}
     flock -u "${lock_fd}"
     fi
+    if [ -z ${BLOCK_DB} ] && [ -z ${BLOCK_WAL} ]; then
+      if pvdisplay ${OSD_DEVICE} | grep "VG Name" | awk '{print $3}' | grep "ceph"; then
+        CEPH_LVM_PREPARE=0
+      fi
+    fi
   else
     if pvdisplay ${OSD_DEVICE} | grep "VG Name" | awk '{print $3}' | grep "ceph"; then
       CEPH_LVM_PREPARE=0