diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend.c b/src/storage/storage_backend.c
index d125504b44..64c35c2bf3 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_backend.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_backend.c
@@ -1400,7 +1400,7 @@ virStorageBackendRunProgRegex(virStoragePoolObjPtr pool,
                               const char **regex,
                               int *nvars,
                               virStorageBackendListVolRegexFunc func,
-                              void *data)
+                              void *data, const char *prefix)
 {
     int fd = -1, err, ret = -1;
     FILE *list = NULL;
@@ -1460,13 +1460,20 @@ virStorageBackendRunProgRegex(virStoragePoolObjPtr pool,
     }
 
     while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), list) != NULL) {
+        char *p = NULL;
         /* Strip trailing newline */
         int len = strlen(line);
         if (len && line[len-1] == '\n')
             line[len-1] = '\0';
 
+        /* ignore any command prefix */
+        if (prefix)
+            p = STRSKIP(line, prefix);
+        if (!p)
+            p = line;
+
         for (i = 0 ; i <= maxReg && i < nregex ; i++) {
-            if (regexec(&reg[i], line, nvars[i]+1, vars, 0) == 0) {
+            if (regexec(&reg[i], p, nvars[i]+1, vars, 0) == 0) {
                 maxReg++;
 
                 if (i == 0)
@@ -1475,9 +1482,9 @@ virStorageBackendRunProgRegex(virStoragePoolObjPtr pool,
                 /* NULL terminate each captured group in the line */
                 for (j = 0 ; j < nvars[i] ; j++) {
                     /* NB vars[0] is the full pattern, so we offset j by 1 */
-                    line[vars[j+1].rm_eo] = '\0';
+                    p[vars[j+1].rm_eo] = '\0';
                     if ((groups[ngroup++] =
-                         strdup(line + vars[j+1].rm_so)) == NULL) {
+                         strdup(p + vars[j+1].rm_so)) == NULL) {
                         virReportOOMError();
                         goto cleanup;
                     }
diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend.h b/src/storage/storage_backend.h
index 67ac32c7ae..75ed676f83 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_backend.h
+++ b/src/storage/storage_backend.h
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ int virStorageBackendRunProgRegex(virStoragePoolObjPtr pool,
                                   const char **regex,
                                   int *nvars,
                                   virStorageBackendListVolRegexFunc func,
-                                  void *data);
+                                  void *data, const char *cmd_to_ignore);
 
 int virStorageBackendRunProgNul(virStoragePoolObjPtr pool,
                                 const char **prog,
diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c b/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c
index da98f87b51..d6786259bb 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ virStorageBackendFileSystemNetFindPoolSources(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSE
 
     if (virStorageBackendRunProgRegex(NULL, prog, 1, regexes, vars,
                             virStorageBackendFileSystemNetFindPoolSourcesFunc,
-                            &state) < 0)
+                            &state, NULL) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     retval = virStoragePoolSourceListFormat(&state.list);
diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend_iscsi.c b/src/storage/storage_backend_iscsi.c
index 346e698050..99e69c9a63 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_backend_iscsi.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_backend_iscsi.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ virStorageBackendISCSISession(virStoragePoolObjPtr pool,
                                       regexes,
                                       vars,
                                       virStorageBackendISCSIExtractSession,
-                                      &session) < 0)
+                                      &session, NULL) < 0)
         return NULL;
 
     if (session == NULL &&
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ virStorageBackendISCSIScanTargets(const char *portal,
                                       regexes,
                                       vars,
                                       virStorageBackendISCSIGetTargets,
-                                      &list) < 0) {
+                                      &list, NULL) < 0) {
         return -1;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend_logical.c b/src/storage/storage_backend_logical.c
index 23d80cbe6d..589f486fe7 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_backend_logical.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_backend_logical.c
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ virStorageBackendLogicalFindLVs(virStoragePoolObjPtr pool,
                                       regexes,
                                       vars,
                                       virStorageBackendLogicalMakeVol,
-                                      vol) < 0) {
+                                      vol, "lvs") < 0) {
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ virStorageBackendLogicalFindPoolSources(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 
     if (virStorageBackendRunProgRegex(NULL, prog, 1, regexes, vars,
                                 virStorageBackendLogicalFindPoolSourcesFunc,
-                                &sourceList) < 0)
+                                &sourceList, "pvs") < 0)
         return NULL;
 
     retval = virStoragePoolSourceListFormat(&sourceList);
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ virStorageBackendLogicalRefreshPool(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                                       regexes,
                                       vars,
                                       virStorageBackendLogicalRefreshPoolFunc,
-                                      NULL) < 0) {
+                                      NULL, "vgs") < 0) {
         virStoragePoolObjClearVols(pool);
         return -1;
     }