diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 07df48ef587a2d..fe53cc2576cdea 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -3223,6 +3223,8 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_rm_dev_v2(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = btrfs_sb(inode->i_sb);
 	struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args_v2 *vol_args;
+	struct block_device *bdev = NULL;
+	fmode_t mode;
 	int ret;
 	bool cancel = false;
 
@@ -3255,9 +3257,11 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_rm_dev_v2(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 	/* Exclusive operation is now claimed */
 
 	if (vol_args->flags & BTRFS_DEVICE_SPEC_BY_ID)
-		ret = btrfs_rm_device(fs_info, NULL, vol_args->devid);
+		ret = btrfs_rm_device(fs_info, NULL, vol_args->devid, &bdev,
+				      &mode);
 	else
-		ret = btrfs_rm_device(fs_info, vol_args->name, 0);
+		ret = btrfs_rm_device(fs_info, vol_args->name, 0, &bdev,
+				      &mode);
 
 	btrfs_exclop_finish(fs_info);
 
@@ -3273,6 +3277,8 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_rm_dev_v2(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 	kfree(vol_args);
 err_drop:
 	mnt_drop_write_file(file);
+	if (bdev)
+		blkdev_put(bdev, mode);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -3281,6 +3287,8 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_rm_dev(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = btrfs_sb(inode->i_sb);
 	struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args *vol_args;
+	struct block_device *bdev = NULL;
+	fmode_t mode;
 	int ret;
 	bool cancel;
 
@@ -3302,7 +3310,8 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_rm_dev(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 	ret = exclop_start_or_cancel_reloc(fs_info, BTRFS_EXCLOP_DEV_REMOVE,
 					   cancel);
 	if (ret == 0) {
-		ret = btrfs_rm_device(fs_info, vol_args->name, 0);
+		ret = btrfs_rm_device(fs_info, vol_args->name, 0, &bdev,
+				      &mode);
 		if (!ret)
 			btrfs_info(fs_info, "disk deleted %s", vol_args->name);
 		btrfs_exclop_finish(fs_info);
@@ -3312,6 +3321,8 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_rm_dev(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 out_drop_write:
 	mnt_drop_write_file(file);
 
+	if (bdev)
+		blkdev_put(bdev, mode);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 00eab69175f70b..374193d4ecbeba 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -2059,7 +2059,7 @@ void btrfs_scratch_superblocks(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 }
 
 int btrfs_rm_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, const char *device_path,
-		    u64 devid)
+		    u64 devid, struct block_device **bdev, fmode_t *mode)
 {
 	struct btrfs_device *device;
 	struct btrfs_fs_devices *cur_devices;
@@ -2169,15 +2169,26 @@ int btrfs_rm_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, const char *device_path,
 	mutex_unlock(&fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
 
 	/*
-	 * at this point, the device is zero sized and detached from
+	 * At this point, the device is zero sized and detached from
 	 * the devices list.  All that's left is to zero out the old
 	 * supers and free the device.
+	 *
+	 * We cannot call btrfs_close_bdev() here because we're holding the sb
+	 * write lock, and blkdev_put() will pull in the ->open_mutex on the
+	 * block device and it's dependencies.  Instead just flush the device
+	 * and let the caller do the final blkdev_put.
 	 */
-	if (test_bit(BTRFS_DEV_STATE_WRITEABLE, &device->dev_state))
+	if (test_bit(BTRFS_DEV_STATE_WRITEABLE, &device->dev_state)) {
 		btrfs_scratch_superblocks(fs_info, device->bdev,
 					  device->name->str);
+		if (device->bdev) {
+			sync_blockdev(device->bdev);
+			invalidate_bdev(device->bdev);
+		}
+	}
 
-	btrfs_close_bdev(device);
+	*bdev = device->bdev;
+	*mode = device->mode;
 	synchronize_rcu();
 	btrfs_free_device(device);
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
index 4efdfaa68e7617..5314ce51b9273c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
@@ -472,7 +472,8 @@ struct btrfs_device *btrfs_alloc_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 					const u8 *uuid);
 void btrfs_free_device(struct btrfs_device *device);
 int btrfs_rm_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
-		    const char *device_path, u64 devid);
+		    const char *device_path, u64 devid,
+		    struct block_device **bdev, fmode_t *mode);
 void __exit btrfs_cleanup_fs_uuids(void);
 int btrfs_num_copies(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 logical, u64 len);
 int btrfs_grow_device(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,