diff --git a/fs/btrfs/dev-replace.c b/fs/btrfs/dev-replace.c
index a1d6652e0c47..26bcb487f958 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/dev-replace.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/dev-replace.c
@@ -394,6 +394,8 @@ int btrfs_dev_replace_start(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	dev_replace->cursor_right = 0;
 	dev_replace->is_valid = 1;
 	dev_replace->item_needs_writeback = 1;
+	atomic64_set(&dev_replace->num_write_errors, 0);
+	atomic64_set(&dev_replace->num_uncorrectable_read_errors, 0);
 	args->result = BTRFS_IOCTL_DEV_REPLACE_RESULT_NO_ERROR;
 	btrfs_dev_replace_unlock(dev_replace, 1);