diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index fd53c9483147b..07eedfce51c5e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -2081,8 +2081,6 @@ int btrfs_rm_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, const char *device_path,
 	u64 num_devices;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	mutex_lock(&uuid_mutex);
-
 	num_devices = btrfs_num_devices(fs_info);
 
 	ret = btrfs_check_raid_min_devices(fs_info, num_devices - 1);
@@ -2126,11 +2124,9 @@ int btrfs_rm_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, const char *device_path,
 		mutex_unlock(&fs_info->chunk_mutex);
 	}
 
-	mutex_unlock(&uuid_mutex);
 	ret = btrfs_shrink_device(device, 0);
 	if (!ret)
 		btrfs_reada_remove_dev(device);
-	mutex_lock(&uuid_mutex);
 	if (ret)
 		goto error_undo;
 
@@ -2225,7 +2221,6 @@ int btrfs_rm_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, const char *device_path,
 	}
 
 out:
-	mutex_unlock(&uuid_mutex);
 	return ret;
 
 error_undo: