diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index a114b7bb87a0..b0a0eb242473 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -1258,6 +1258,15 @@ int find_free_dev_extent_start(struct btrfs_transaction *transaction,
 	int ret;
 	int slot;
 	struct extent_buffer *l;
+	u64 min_search_start;
+
+	/*
+	 * We don't want to overwrite the superblock on the drive nor any area
+	 * used by the boot loader (grub for example), so we make sure to start
+	 * at an offset of at least 1MB.
+	 */
+	min_search_start = max(root->fs_info->alloc_start, 1024ull * 1024);
+	search_start = max(search_start, min_search_start);
 
 	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
 	if (!path)
@@ -1398,18 +1407,9 @@ int find_free_dev_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			 struct btrfs_device *device, u64 num_bytes,
 			 u64 *start, u64 *len)
 {
-	struct btrfs_root *root = device->dev_root;
-	u64 search_start;
-
 	/* FIXME use last free of some kind */
-
-	/*
-	 * we don't want to overwrite the superblock on the drive,
-	 * so we make sure to start at an offset of at least 1MB
-	 */
-	search_start = max(root->fs_info->alloc_start, 1024ull * 1024);
 	return find_free_dev_extent_start(trans->transaction, device,
-					  num_bytes, search_start, start, len);
+					  num_bytes, 0, start, len);
 }
 
 static int btrfs_free_dev_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,