diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 40d850a7beba..23159bd29c6d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -430,44 +430,6 @@ void __exit btrfs_cleanup_fs_uuids(void)
 	}
 }
 
-/*
- * Returns a pointer to a new btrfs_device on success; ERR_PTR() on error.
- * Returned struct is not linked onto any lists and must be destroyed using
- * btrfs_free_device.
- */
-static struct btrfs_device *__alloc_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
-{
-	struct btrfs_device *dev;
-
-	dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!dev)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-
-	/*
-	 * Preallocate a bio that's always going to be used for flushing device
-	 * barriers and matches the device lifespan
-	 */
-	dev->flush_bio = bio_kmalloc(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
-	if (!dev->flush_bio) {
-		kfree(dev);
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->dev_list);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->dev_alloc_list);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->post_commit_list);
-
-	atomic_set(&dev->reada_in_flight, 0);
-	atomic_set(&dev->dev_stats_ccnt, 0);
-	btrfs_device_data_ordered_init(dev);
-	INIT_RADIX_TREE(&dev->reada_zones, GFP_NOFS & ~__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM);
-	INIT_RADIX_TREE(&dev->reada_extents, GFP_NOFS & ~__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM);
-	extent_io_tree_init(fs_info, &dev->alloc_state,
-			    IO_TREE_DEVICE_ALLOC_STATE, NULL);
-
-	return dev;
-}
-
 static noinline struct btrfs_fs_devices *find_fsid(
 		const u8 *fsid, const u8 *metadata_fsid)
 {
@@ -6857,9 +6819,31 @@ struct btrfs_device *btrfs_alloc_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	if (WARN_ON(!devid && !fs_info))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
-	dev = __alloc_device(fs_info);
-	if (IS_ERR(dev))
-		return dev;
+	dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!dev)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	/*
+	 * Preallocate a bio that's always going to be used for flushing device
+	 * barriers and matches the device lifespan
+	 */
+	dev->flush_bio = bio_kmalloc(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
+	if (!dev->flush_bio) {
+		kfree(dev);
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	}
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->dev_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->dev_alloc_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->post_commit_list);
+
+	atomic_set(&dev->reada_in_flight, 0);
+	atomic_set(&dev->dev_stats_ccnt, 0);
+	btrfs_device_data_ordered_init(dev);
+	INIT_RADIX_TREE(&dev->reada_zones, GFP_NOFS & ~__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM);
+	INIT_RADIX_TREE(&dev->reada_extents, GFP_NOFS & ~__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM);
+	extent_io_tree_init(fs_info, &dev->alloc_state,
+			    IO_TREE_DEVICE_ALLOC_STATE, NULL);
 
 	if (devid)
 		tmp = *devid;