diff --git a/src/core/devicescanner.cpp b/src/core/devicescanner.cpp
index c34caf0..dce2d58 100644
--- a/src/core/devicescanner.cpp
+++ b/src/core/devicescanner.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ void DeviceScanner::scan()
 
     const QList<Device*> deviceList = CoreBackendManager::self()->backend()->scanDevices();
     const QList<LvmDevice*> lvmList = LvmDevice::scanSystemLVM();
-    operationStack().physicalVolumes() = FS::lvm2_pv::getPVs(deviceList);
+    LVM::pvList = FS::lvm2_pv::getPVs(deviceList);
 
     for (const auto &d : deviceList)
         operationStack().addDevice(d);
@@ -75,12 +75,12 @@ void DeviceScanner::scan()
 
     for (const auto &d : lvmList) {
         operationStack().addDevice(d);
-        operationStack().physicalVolumes().append(FS::lvm2_pv::getPVinNode(d->partitionTable()));
+        LVM::pvList.append(FS::lvm2_pv::getPVinNode(d->partitionTable()));
     }
 
     // Store list of physical volumes in LvmDevice
     for (const auto &d : lvmList)
-        for (const auto &p : operationStack().physicalVolumes())
+        for (const auto &p : LVM::pvList) // FIXME: qAsConst
             if (p.vgName() == d->name())
                 d->physicalVolumes().append(p.partition());
 }
diff --git a/src/core/operationstack.h b/src/core/operationstack.h
index 211e404..b6fbfac 100644
--- a/src/core/operationstack.h
+++ b/src/core/operationstack.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 #define OPERATIONSTACK__H
 
-#include "fs/lvm2_pv.h"
 #include "util/libpartitionmanagerexport.h"
 
 #include <QObject>
@@ -75,13 +74,6 @@ public:
         return m_PreviewDevices;    /**< @return the list of Devices */
     }
 
-    QList<LvmPV>& physicalVolumes() {
-        return m_LVMPhysicalVolumes;    /**< @return the list of LVM PVs */
-    }
-    const QList<LvmPV>& physicalVolumes() const {
-        return m_LVMPhysicalVolumes;    /**< @return the list of LVM PVs */
-    }
-
     Operations& operations() {
         return m_Operations;    /**< @return the list of operations */
     }
@@ -110,7 +102,6 @@ protected:
 private:
     Operations m_Operations;
     mutable Devices m_PreviewDevices;
-    mutable QList<LvmPV> m_LVMPhysicalVolumes;
     QReadWriteLock m_Lock;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/fs/lvm2_pv.cpp b/src/fs/lvm2_pv.cpp
index 19fdd28..9e67ec7 100644
--- a/src/fs/lvm2_pv.cpp
+++ b/src/fs/lvm2_pv.cpp
@@ -289,6 +289,8 @@ QList<LvmPV> lvm2_pv::getPVs(const QList<Device*>& devices)
 
 }
 
+QList<LvmPV> LVM::pvList;
+
 LvmPV::LvmPV(const QString vgName, const Partition* p, bool isLuks)
     : m_vgName(vgName)
     , m_p(p)
diff --git a/src/fs/lvm2_pv.h b/src/fs/lvm2_pv.h
index 0e62223..ba3ef77 100644
--- a/src/fs/lvm2_pv.h
+++ b/src/fs/lvm2_pv.h
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ private:
     bool m_isLuks;
 };
 
+namespace LVM {
+    extern LIBKPMCORE_EXPORT QList<LvmPV> pvList;
+}
 
 namespace FS
 {