diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index b1bcd245ec66..07ef3d924aae 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -2132,7 +2132,6 @@ void btrfs_destroy_dev_replace_tgtdev(struct btrfs_device *tgtdev)
 {
 	struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices = tgtdev->fs_info->fs_devices;
 
-	WARN_ON(!tgtdev);
 	mutex_lock(&fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
 
 	btrfs_sysfs_rm_device_link(fs_devices, tgtdev);