diff --git a/lib/lvm b/lib/lvm
index c183f09..39eed00 100644
--- a/lib/lvm
+++ b/lib/lvm
@@ -103,14 +103,17 @@
 function init_lvm_volume_group {
     local vg=$1
     local size=$2
-    # Start with a clean volume group
-    _create_lvm_volume_group $vg $size
 
+    # Start the lvmetad and tgtd services
     if is_fedora || is_suse; then
-        # service is not started by default
+        # services is not started by default
+        start_service lvm2-lvmetad
         start_service tgtd
     fi
 
+    # Start with a clean volume group
+    _create_lvm_volume_group $vg $size
+
     # Remove iscsi targets
     sudo tgtadm --op show --mode target | grep Target | cut -f3 -d ' ' | sudo xargs -n1 tgt-admin --delete || true