diff --git a/blivet/populator/helpers/disk.py b/blivet/populator/helpers/disk.py
index aa10c8693..8facfbbef 100644
--- a/blivet/populator/helpers/disk.py
+++ b/blivet/populator/helpers/disk.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 from ...devices import NVMeNamespaceDevice, NVMeFabricsNamespaceDevice
 from ...devices import device_path_to_name
 from ...storage_log import log_method_call
+from ...tasks import availability
 from .devicepopulator import DevicePopulator
 
 import logging
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ class MDBiosRaidDevicePopulator(DiskDevicePopulator):
     _device_class = MDBiosRaidArrayDevice
 
     @classmethod
+    @availability.blockdev_md_required()
     def match(cls, data):
         return (super(MDBiosRaidDevicePopulator, MDBiosRaidDevicePopulator).match(data) and
                 udev.device_get_md_container(data))
diff --git a/blivet/populator/helpers/dm.py b/blivet/populator/helpers/dm.py
index 7dc15db98..908157d8f 100644
--- a/blivet/populator/helpers/dm.py
+++ b/blivet/populator/helpers/dm.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 from ... import udev
 from ...devices import DMDevice
 from ...storage_log import log_method_call
+from ...tasks import availability
 from .devicepopulator import DevicePopulator
 
 import logging
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ class DMDevicePopulator(DevicePopulator):
     priority = 50
 
     @classmethod
+    @availability.blockdev_dm_required()
     def match(cls, data):
         return (udev.device_is_dm(data) and
                 not udev.device_is_dm_partition(data) and
diff --git a/blivet/populator/helpers/loop.py b/blivet/populator/helpers/loop.py
index 956b0a52b..a084f9380 100644
--- a/blivet/populator/helpers/loop.py
+++ b/blivet/populator/helpers/loop.py
@@ -27,11 +27,13 @@
 from ... import udev
 from ...devices import FileDevice, LoopDevice
 from ...storage_log import log_method_call
+from ...tasks import availability
 from .devicepopulator import DevicePopulator
 
 
 class LoopDevicePopulator(DevicePopulator):
     @classmethod
+    @availability.blockdev_loop_required()
     def match(cls, data):
         return udev.device_is_loop(data)
 
diff --git a/blivet/populator/helpers/lvm.py b/blivet/populator/helpers/lvm.py
index 4ba51e4b8..98737fac5 100644
--- a/blivet/populator/helpers/lvm.py
+++ b/blivet/populator/helpers/lvm.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 from ...flags import flags
 from ...size import Size
 from ...storage_log import log_method_call
-from ...tasks.availability import BLOCKDEV_LVM_PLUGIN_VDO
+from ...tasks import availability
 from .devicepopulator import DevicePopulator
 from .formatpopulator import FormatPopulator
 
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 
 class LVMDevicePopulator(DevicePopulator):
     @classmethod
+    @availability.blockdev_lvm_required()
     def match(cls, data):
         return udev.device_is_dm_lvm(data)
 
@@ -87,6 +88,11 @@ class LVMFormatPopulator(FormatPopulator):
     priority = 100
     _type_specifier = "lvmpv"
 
+    @classmethod
+    @availability.blockdev_lvm_required()
+    def match(cls, data, device):
+        return super(cls, cls).match(data, device)
+
     def _get_kwargs(self):
         kwargs = super(LVMFormatPopulator, self)._get_kwargs()
 
@@ -247,7 +253,7 @@ def add_lv(lv):
                 lv_parents = [self._devicetree.get_device_by_device_id("LVM-" + pool_device_name)]
             elif lv_attr[0] == 'd':
                 # vdo pool
-                if BLOCKDEV_LVM_PLUGIN_VDO.available:
+                if availability.BLOCKDEV_LVM_PLUGIN_VDO.available:
                     pool_info = blockdev.lvm.vdo_info(vg_name, lv_name)
                     if pool_info:
                         lv_kwargs["compression"] = pool_info.compression
diff --git a/blivet/populator/helpers/mdraid.py b/blivet/populator/helpers/mdraid.py
index fb1b410ae..e3348c355 100644
--- a/blivet/populator/helpers/mdraid.py
+++ b/blivet/populator/helpers/mdraid.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 from ...errors import DeviceError, NoParentsError, MDRaidError
 from ...flags import flags
 from ...storage_log import log_method_call
+from ...tasks import availability
 from .devicepopulator import DevicePopulator
 from .formatpopulator import FormatPopulator
 
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
 
 class MDDevicePopulator(DevicePopulator):
     @classmethod
+    @availability.blockdev_md_required()
     def match(cls, data):
         return (udev.device_is_md(data) and
                 not udev.device_get_md_container(data))
@@ -99,6 +101,11 @@ class MDFormatPopulator(FormatPopulator):
     priority = 100
     _type_specifier = "mdmember"
 
+    @classmethod
+    @availability.blockdev_md_required()
+    def match(cls, data, device):
+        return super(cls, cls).match(data, device)
+
     def _get_kwargs(self):
         kwargs = super(MDFormatPopulator, self)._get_kwargs()
         kwargs["biosraid"] = udev.device_is_biosraid_member(self.data)