diff -rup multipath-tool_0.4.8.orig/libmultipath/devmapper.c multipath-tool_0.4.8_add_map/libmultipath/devmapper.c
--- multipath-tool_0.4.8.orig/libmultipath/devmapper.c	2015-06-16 12:41:45.513994000 +0530
+++ multipath-tool_0.4.8_add_map/libmultipath/devmapper.c	2015-06-18 13:00:40.321060152 +0530
@@ -503,6 +503,27 @@ dm_flush_map (char * mapname, char * typ
 }
 
 extern int
+dm_remove_map (char * mapname, char * type)
+{
+	condlog(2, "%s",__func__);
+	if (!dm_map_present(mapname))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (dm_type(mapname, type) <= 0)
+		return 1;
+
+	if (dm_remove_partmaps(mapname))
+		return 1;
+
+	if (dm_get_opencount(mapname)) {
+		condlog(2, "%s: map in use", mapname);
+		return 1;
+	}	
+	condlog(4, "multipath map %s removed", mapname);
+		return 0;
+}
+
+extern int
 dm_flush_maps (char * type)
 {
 	int r = 0;
diff -rup multipath-tool_0.4.8.orig/libmultipath/devmapper.h multipath-tool_0.4.8_add_map/libmultipath/devmapper.h
--- multipath-tool_0.4.8.orig/libmultipath/devmapper.h	2015-05-12 17:50:48.488293000 +0530
+++ multipath-tool_0.4.8_add_map/libmultipath/devmapper.h	2015-06-18 11:48:41.908950878 +0530
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ int dm_get_map(char *, unsigned long lon
 int dm_get_status(char *, char *);
 int dm_type(char *, char *);
 int dm_flush_map (char *, char *);
+int dm_remove_map (char *, char *);
 int dm_flush_maps (char *);
 int dm_fail_path(char * mapname, char * path);
 int dm_reinstate_path(char * mapname, char * path);
diff -rup multipath-tool_0.4.8.orig/multipathd/main.c multipath-tool_0.4.8_add_map/multipathd/main.c
--- multipath-tool_0.4.8.orig/multipathd/main.c	2015-05-12 17:50:48.496293000 +0530
+++ multipath-tool_0.4.8_add_map/multipathd/main.c	2015-06-18 13:11:03.917075932 +0530
@@ -175,7 +175,31 @@ sync_maps_state(vector mpvec)
 	vector_foreach_slot (mpvec, mpp, i)
 		sync_map_state(mpp);
 }
+static int
+discard_map(struct multipath * mpp, struct vectors * vecs)
+{
+	/*
+	 * clear references to this map before flushing so we can ignore
+	 * the spurious uevent we may generate with the dm_flush_map call below
+	 */
+	if (dm_remove_map(mpp->alias, DEFAULT_TARGET)) {
+		/*
+		 * May not really be an error -- if the map was already flushed
+		 * from the device mapper by dmsetup(8) for instance.
+		 */
+		condlog(0, "%s: can't flush", mpp->alias);
+		return 1;
+	}
+	else {
+		dm_lib_release();
+		condlog(3, "%s: devmap removed", mpp->alias);
+	}
 
+	orphan_paths(vecs->pathvec, mpp);
+	remove_map(mpp, vecs, stop_waiter_thread, 1);
+
+	return 0;
+}
 static int
 flush_map(struct multipath * mpp, struct vectors * vecs)
 {
@@ -294,7 +318,8 @@ ev_remove_map (char * devname, struct ve
 			devname);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	flush_map(mpp, vecs);
+	//flush_map(mpp, vecs);
+	discard_map(mpp, vecs);
 
 	return 0;
 }