diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/logical_volume/lvm.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/logical_volume/lvm.rb
index e7f834f5..9c318dc2 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/logical_volume/lvm.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/logical_volume/lvm.rb
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ def destroy
 
     def exists?
         begin
-            lvs(@resource[:volume_group]) =~ /#{@resource[:name]}/
+            lvs('-o', 'name', '--unbuffered', @resource[:volume_group]) =~ /^ *#{@resource[:name]}$/
         rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure
             # lvs fails if we give it an empty volume group name, as would
             # happen if we were running `puppet resource`. This should be