diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 366d04763864..2fdf178aa76f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -7191,12 +7191,12 @@ int btrfs_read_chunk_tree(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 	 * do another round of validation checks.
 	 */
 	if (total_dev != fs_info->fs_devices->total_devices) {
-		btrfs_err(fs_info,
-	   "super_num_devices %llu mismatch with num_devices %llu found here",
+		btrfs_warn(fs_info,
+"super block num_devices %llu mismatch with DEV_ITEM count %llu, will be repaired on next transaction commit",
 			  btrfs_super_num_devices(fs_info->super_copy),
 			  total_dev);
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto error;
+		fs_info->fs_devices->total_devices = total_dev;
+		btrfs_set_super_num_devices(fs_info->super_copy, total_dev);
 	}
 	if (btrfs_super_total_bytes(fs_info->super_copy) <
 	    fs_info->fs_devices->total_rw_bytes) {