diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 877224b66a12..ccedaa940f2e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -152,7 +152,15 @@ struct list_head *btrfs_get_fs_uuids(void)
 	return &fs_uuids;
 }
 
-static struct btrfs_fs_devices *__alloc_fs_devices(void)
+/*
+ * alloc_fs_devices - allocate struct btrfs_fs_devices
+ * @fsid:	if not NULL, copy the uuid to fs_devices::fsid
+ *
+ * Return a pointer to a new struct btrfs_fs_devices on success, or ERR_PTR().
+ * The returned struct is not linked onto any lists and can be destroyed with
+ * kfree() right away.
+ */
+static struct btrfs_fs_devices *alloc_fs_devices(const u8 *fsid)
 {
 	struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devs;
 
@@ -166,31 +174,8 @@ static struct btrfs_fs_devices *__alloc_fs_devices(void)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fs_devs->resized_devices);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fs_devs->alloc_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fs_devs->list);
-
-	return fs_devs;
-}
-
-/**
- * alloc_fs_devices - allocate struct btrfs_fs_devices
- * @fsid:	a pointer to UUID for this FS.  If NULL a new UUID is
- *		generated.
- *
- * Return: a pointer to a new &struct btrfs_fs_devices on success;
- * ERR_PTR() on error.  Returned struct is not linked onto any lists and
- * can be destroyed with kfree() right away.
- */
-static struct btrfs_fs_devices *alloc_fs_devices(const u8 *fsid)
-{
-	struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devs;
-
-	fs_devs = __alloc_fs_devices();
-	if (IS_ERR(fs_devs))
-		return fs_devs;
-
 	if (fsid)
 		memcpy(fs_devs->fsid, fsid, BTRFS_FSID_SIZE);
-	else
-		generate_random_uuid(fs_devs->fsid);
 
 	return fs_devs;
 }
@@ -2197,7 +2182,7 @@ static int btrfs_prepare_sprout(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 	if (!fs_devices->seeding)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	seed_devices = __alloc_fs_devices();
+	seed_devices = alloc_fs_devices(NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(seed_devices))
 		return PTR_ERR(seed_devices);
 
@@ -6522,6 +6507,7 @@ static struct btrfs_fs_devices *open_seed_devices(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	int ret;
 
 	BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&uuid_mutex));
+	ASSERT(fsid);
 
 	fs_devices = fs_info->fs_devices->seed;
 	while (fs_devices) {