diff -Naur vdo-bebf98eac4903b7619e10b49dababad9f5cd8535.orig/vdo-manager/vdomgmnt/VDOService.py vdo-bebf98eac4903b7619e10b49dababad9f5cd8535/vdo-manager/vdomgmnt/VDOService.py
--- vdo-bebf98eac4903b7619e10b49dababad9f5cd8535.orig/vdo-manager/vdomgmnt/VDOService.py	2018-12-14 16:50:00.000000000 -0500
+++ vdo-bebf98eac4903b7619e10b49dababad9f5cd8535/vdo-manager/vdomgmnt/VDOService.py	2018-12-14 18:04:17.051668198 -0500
@@ -1395,7 +1395,7 @@
     # volumes the above check won't trigger an error. So do a second
     # check that catches that.
     try:
-      runCommand(['blkid', '-p', self.device])
+      runCommand(['blkid', '-p', '--no-part-details', self.device])
     except CommandError as e:
       if e.getExitCode() == 2:
         return