diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index ccc4718ae8a3..d7cc24ed9620 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -2081,8 +2081,11 @@ int btrfs_rm_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, const char *device_path,
 	u64 num_devices;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	mutex_lock(&uuid_mutex);
-
+	/*
+	 * The device list in fs_devices is accessed without locks (neither
+	 * uuid_mutex nor device_list_mutex) as it won't change on a mounted
+	 * filesystem and another device rm cannot run.
+	 */
 	num_devices = btrfs_num_devices(fs_info);
 
 	ret = btrfs_check_raid_min_devices(fs_info, num_devices - 1);
@@ -2126,11 +2129,9 @@ int btrfs_rm_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, const char *device_path,
 		mutex_unlock(&fs_info->chunk_mutex);
 	}
 
-	mutex_unlock(&uuid_mutex);
 	ret = btrfs_shrink_device(device, 0);
 	if (!ret)
 		btrfs_reada_remove_dev(device);
-	mutex_lock(&uuid_mutex);
 	if (ret)
 		goto error_undo;
 
@@ -2217,7 +2218,6 @@ int btrfs_rm_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, const char *device_path,
 	}
 
 out:
-	mutex_unlock(&uuid_mutex);
 	return ret;
 
 error_undo: