diff --git a/fs/btrfs/dev-replace.c b/fs/btrfs/dev-replace.c
index dec01970d8c5..981434764bb9 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/dev-replace.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/dev-replace.c
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ int btrfs_dev_replace_start(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 		break;
 	case BTRFS_IOCTL_DEV_REPLACE_STATE_STARTED:
 	case BTRFS_IOCTL_DEV_REPLACE_STATE_SUSPENDED:
+		ASSERT(0);
 		ret = BTRFS_IOCTL_DEV_REPLACE_RESULT_ALREADY_STARTED;
 		goto leave;
 	}
@@ -482,6 +483,10 @@ int btrfs_dev_replace_start(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(trans);
 		btrfs_dev_replace_write_lock(dev_replace);
+		dev_replace->replace_state =
+			BTRFS_IOCTL_DEV_REPLACE_STATE_NEVER_STARTED;
+		dev_replace->srcdev = NULL;
+		dev_replace->tgtdev = NULL;
 		goto leave;
 	}
 
@@ -503,8 +508,6 @@ int btrfs_dev_replace_start(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	return ret;
 
 leave:
-	dev_replace->srcdev = NULL;
-	dev_replace->tgtdev = NULL;
 	btrfs_dev_replace_write_unlock(dev_replace);
 	btrfs_destroy_dev_replace_tgtdev(tgt_device);
 	return ret;