diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 0d7ab7eab2a2..5aa52ee5c25e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -717,9 +717,9 @@ static int __btrfs_open_devices(struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices,
 		if (!device->name)
 			continue;
 
-		ret = btrfs_get_bdev_and_sb(device->name->str, flags, holder, 1,
-					    &bdev, &bh);
-		if (ret)
+		/* Just open everything we can; ignore failures here */
+		if (btrfs_get_bdev_and_sb(device->name->str, flags, holder, 1,
+					    &bdev, &bh))
 			continue;
 
 		disk_super = (struct btrfs_super_block *)bh->b_data;