diff --git a/casadm/cas_lib.c b/casadm/cas_lib.c
index 88dbbeb..a6b0c8e 100644
--- a/casadm/cas_lib.c
+++ b/casadm/cas_lib.c
@@ -2988,17 +2988,7 @@ int zero_md(const char *cache_device, bool force)
 		return FAILURE;
 	}
 
-	if (!cmd_info.metadata_compatible) {
-		if (!force) {
-			cas_printf(LOG_ERR, "Unable to determine whether cache contains dirty data due to metadata mismatch.\n"
-				"Clearing metadata might result in loss of dirty data. In order to inspect cache content\n"
-				"please load cache instance using matching OpenCAS version. Alternatively, if you wish to clear\n"
-				"metadata anyway, please use '--force' option.\n");
-			return FAILURE;
-		} else {
-			cas_printf(LOG_WARNING, "Clearing metadata with unknown version - potential loss of dirty data.\n");
-		}
-	} else if (!cmd_info.clean_shutdown) {
+	if (!cmd_info.clean_shutdown) {
 		if (!force) {
 			cas_printf(LOG_ERR, "Cache instance did not shut down cleanly. It might contain dirty data. \n"
 					"Clearing metadata might result in loss of dirty data. Please recover cache instance\n"
diff --git a/modules/cas_cache/layer_cache_management.c b/modules/cas_cache/layer_cache_management.c
index 1f12432..60134cf 100644
--- a/modules/cas_cache/layer_cache_management.c
+++ b/modules/cas_cache/layer_cache_management.c
@@ -1016,15 +1016,12 @@ static void cache_mngt_metadata_probe_end(void *priv, int error,
 		cmd_info->is_cache_device = false;
 		cmd_info->metadata_compatible = false;
 		*context->result = 0;
-	} else if (error == -OCF_ERR_METADATA_VER) {
+	} else if (error == -OCF_ERR_METADATA_VER || error == 0) {
 		cmd_info->is_cache_device = true;
-		cmd_info->metadata_compatible = false;
-		*context->result = 0;
-	} else if (error == 0) {
-		cmd_info->is_cache_device = true;
-		cmd_info->metadata_compatible = true;
+		cmd_info->metadata_compatible = !error;
 		cmd_info->clean_shutdown = status->clean_shutdown;
 		cmd_info->cache_dirty = status->cache_dirty;
+		*context->result = 0;
 	}
 
 	complete(&context->cmpl);