diff --git a/src/plugins/lvm/lvm-dbus.c b/src/plugins/lvm/lvm-dbus.c
index 29485463..ad7752c6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/lvm/lvm-dbus.c
+++ b/src/plugins/lvm/lvm-dbus.c
@@ -2343,7 +2343,7 @@ gboolean bd_lvm_lvcreate (const gchar *vg_name, const gchar *lv_name, guint64 si
     GVariant *extra_params = NULL;
 
     /* build the array of PVs (object paths) */
-    if (pv_list) {
+    if (pv_list && *pv_list) {
         g_variant_builder_init (&builder, G_VARIANT_TYPE_ARRAY);
         for (pv=pv_list; *pv; pv++) {
             path = get_object_path (*pv, error);
diff --git a/tests/_lvm_cases.py b/tests/_lvm_cases.py
index e3ed8421..590db8d0 100644
--- a/tests/_lvm_cases.py
+++ b/tests/_lvm_cases.py
@@ -881,6 +881,13 @@ def test_lvcreate_lvremove(self):
         succ = BlockDev.lvm_lvremove("testVG", "testLV", True, None)
         self.assertTrue(succ)
 
+        # no PVs specified
+        succ = BlockDev.lvm_lvcreate("testVG", "testLV", 512 * 1024**2, None, [], None)
+        self.assertTrue(succ)
+
+        succ = BlockDev.lvm_lvremove("testVG", "testLV", True, None)
+        self.assertTrue(succ)
+
         # not enough space (only one PV)
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(GLib.GError, "Insufficient free space"):
             succ = BlockDev.lvm_lvcreate("testVG", "testLV", 1048 * 1024**2, None, [self.loop_dev], None)