diff --git a/lib/initcpio/hooks/arch_lvm2 b/lib/initcpio/hooks/arch_lvm2
index b77e2a5cd..66c4eaf10 100644
--- a/lib/initcpio/hooks/arch_lvm2
+++ b/lib/initcpio/hooks/arch_lvm2
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ run_hook ()
     if [ -e "/sys/class/misc/device-mapper" ]; then
         if [ ! -c "/dev/mapper/control" ]; then
             read dev_t < /sys/class/misc/device-mapper/dev
-            /bin/mknod "/dev/mapper/control" c $(/bin/replace "${dev_t}" ':')
+            if [ ! -e "/dev/mapper/control" ]; then
+                /bin/mknod "/dev/mapper/control" c $(/bin/replace "${dev_t}" ':')
+            fi
         fi
         msg "Scanning logical volumes..."
         /sbin/lvm vgscan --ignorelockingfailure