diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
index 1d1c5a928b..f301bf8263 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
@@ -1073,33 +1073,31 @@ class LinuxHardware(Hardware):
         """ Get LVM Facts if running as root and lvm utils are available """
 
         if os.getuid() == 0 and module.get_bin_path('vgs'):
-            vgs_path = module.get_bin_path('vgs')
-            lvs_path = module.get_bin_path('lvs')
             lvm_util_options = '--noheadings --nosuffix --units g'
 
+            vgs_path = module.get_bin_path('vgs')
             #vgs fields: VG #PV #LV #SN Attr VSize VFree
             vgs={}
-            rc, vg_lines, err = module.run_command(
-                '%s %s' % (vgs_path, lvm_util_options))
-            for vg_line in vg_lines.splitlines():
-                items = vg_line.split()
-                vgs[items[0]] = {'size_g':items[-2],
-                                 'free_g':items[-1],
-                                 'num_lvs': items[2],
-                                 'num_pvs': items[1]}
+            if vgs_path:
+                rc, vg_lines, err = module.run_command( '%s %s' % (vgs_path, lvm_util_options))
+                for vg_line in vg_lines.splitlines():
+                    items = vg_line.split()
+                    vgs[items[0]] = {'size_g':items[-2],
+                                     'free_g':items[-1],
+                                     'num_lvs': items[2],
+                                     'num_pvs': items[1]}
 
+            lvs_path = module.get_bin_path('lvs')
             #lvs fields:
             #LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data% Move Log Copy% Convert
             lvs = {}
-            rc, lv_lines, err = module.run_command(
-                '%s %s' % (lvs_path, lvm_util_options))
-            for lv_line in lv_lines.splitlines():
-                items = lv_line.split()
-                lvs[items[0]] = {'size_g': items[3],
-                                 'vg': items[1]}
+            if lvs_path:
+                rc, lv_lines, err = module.run_command( '%s %s' % (lvs_path, lvm_util_options))
+                for lv_line in lv_lines.splitlines():
+                    items = lv_line.split()
+                    lvs[items[0]] = {'size_g': items[3], 'vg': items[1]}
 
-            self.facts['lvm'] = {'lvs': lvs,
-                                 'vgs': vgs}
+            self.facts['lvm'] = {'lvs': lvs, 'vgs': vgs}
 
 
 class SunOSHardware(Hardware):