diff --git a/libstorage/src/Dasd.cc b/libstorage/src/Dasd.cc
index fbc5092f1..b005446ff 100644
--- a/libstorage/src/Dasd.cc
+++ b/libstorage/src/Dasd.cc
@@ -275,6 +275,15 @@ int Dasd::createPartition( PartitionType type, unsigned long start,
 				      cylinderToKb(len), Region(start, len), type);
 	p->setCreated();
 	device = p->device();
+	PartPair pp = partPair();
+	for( PartIter i = pp.begin(); i != pp.end(); ++i)
+	    {
+	    if (i->deleted() && i->nr()==p->nr() && !i->getCryptPwd().empty())
+		{
+		y2mil("harvesting old password");
+		p->setCryptPwd(i->getCryptPwd());
+		}
+	    }
 	addToList( p );
 	}
     y2mil("ret:" << ret);
diff --git a/libstorage/src/DmPartCo.cc b/libstorage/src/DmPartCo.cc
index acff551c3..4a95ddaec 100644
--- a/libstorage/src/DmPartCo.cc
+++ b/libstorage/src/DmPartCo.cc
@@ -95,6 +95,15 @@ DmPartCo::addNewDev(string& device)
 	    dm->getFsInfo( p );
 	    dm->setCreated();
 	    dm->addUdevData();
+	    ConstDmPartPair pp = dmpartPair();
+	    for( ConstDmPartIter i=pp.begin(); i!=pp.end(); ++i )
+		{
+		if( i->deleted() && i->nr()==p->nr() && !i->getCryptPwd().empty())
+		    {
+		    y2mil("harvesting old password");
+		    dm->setCryptPwd(i->getCryptPwd());
+		    }
+		}
 	    addToList( dm );
 	}
 	handleWholeDevice();
diff --git a/libstorage/src/MdPartCo.cc b/libstorage/src/MdPartCo.cc
index 779d1efb2..0c1f1b897 100644
--- a/libstorage/src/MdPartCo.cc
+++ b/libstorage/src/MdPartCo.cc
@@ -166,6 +166,15 @@ MdPartCo::addNewDev(string& device)
             md->getFsInfo( p );
             md->setCreated();
 	    md->addUdevData();
+	    ConstMdPartPair pp = mdpartPair();
+	    for( ConstMdPartIter i=pp.begin(); i!=pp.end(); ++i )
+		{
+		if( i->deleted() && i->nr()==p->nr() && !i->getCryptPwd().empty())
+		    {
+		    y2mil("harvesting old password");
+		    md->setCryptPwd(i->getCryptPwd());
+		    }
+		}
             addToList( md );
             y2mil("device:" << device << " was added to MdPartCo : " << dev);
 
diff --git a/libstorage/src/Volume.cc b/libstorage/src/Volume.cc
index 1284c8c98..13be517e4 100644
--- a/libstorage/src/Volume.cc
+++ b/libstorage/src/Volume.cc
@@ -3324,12 +3324,13 @@ std::ostream& operator<< (std::ostream& s, const Volume &v )
 	if( v.encryption != v.orig_encryption &&
 	    v.orig_encryption!=storage::ENC_NONE )
 	    s << " orig_encr:" << toString(v.orig_encryption);
+	}
 #ifdef DEBUG_CRYPT_PASSWORD
+    if( !v.crypt_pwd.empty() )
 	s << " pwd:" << v.crypt_pwd;
-	if( v.orig_crypt_pwd.empty() && v.crypt_pwd!=v.orig_crypt_pwd )
-	    s << " orig_pwd:" << v.orig_crypt_pwd;
+    if( !v.orig_crypt_pwd.empty() && v.crypt_pwd!=v.orig_crypt_pwd )
+	s << " orig_pwd:" << v.orig_crypt_pwd;
 #endif
-	}
     if( !v.dmcrypt_dev.empty() )
 	s << " dmcrypt:" << v.dmcrypt_dev;
     if( v.dmcrypt_active )