Multipathd reports "alias mpatha already bound to wwid 36000xxx, cannot reuse"

Issue

• Multipath device shows incorrect attribute for few of the multipath device.
• unable to rename mpathX to mpathY

• Multipathd reports "alias mpatha already bound to wwid 00000000000000000000000000003841, cannot reuse" in journal logs:

  Jul 23 16:55:19  testbox multipathd[26509]: mpatha: adding new path sdar
  Jul 23 16:55:19  testbox multipathd[26509]: alias mpatha already bound to wwid 0000000000000000000000000003841, cannot reuse
  Jul 23 16:55:19  testbox multipathd[26509]: 0000000000000000000000000003746: rename mpatha to 0000000000000000000000000003746
  Jul 23 16:55:24  testbox multipathd[26509]: 0000000000000000000000000003841: unable to rename mpathek to mpatha (mpatha is used by 0000000000000000000000000003746) <<