diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index bdfe4493e43a..e04409f85063 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -4967,6 +4967,7 @@ static int __btrfs_alloc_chunk(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	} else if (type & BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_SYSTEM) {
 		max_stripe_size = SZ_32M;
 		max_chunk_size = 2 * max_stripe_size;
+		devs_max = min_t(int, devs_max, BTRFS_MAX_DEVS_SYS_CHUNK);
 	} else {
 		btrfs_err(info, "invalid chunk type 0x%llx requested",
 		       type);