diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 5e3e13d4940b..1be7cb2f955f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -921,16 +921,15 @@ static noinline struct btrfs_device *device_list_add(const char *path,
 		/*
 		 * We are going to replace the device path for a given devid,
 		 * make sure it's the same device if the device is mounted
+		 *
+		 * NOTE: the device->fs_info may not be reliable here so pass
+		 * in a NULL to message helpers instead. This avoids a possible
+		 * use-after-free when the fs_info and fs_info->sb are already
+		 * torn down.
 		 */
 		if (device->bdev) {
 			if (device->devt != path_devt) {
 				mutex_unlock(&fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
-				/*
-				 * device->fs_info may not be reliable here, so
-				 * pass in a NULL instead. This avoids a
-				 * possible use-after-free when the fs_info and
-				 * fs_info->sb are already torn down.
-				 */
 				btrfs_warn_in_rcu(NULL,
 	"duplicate device %s devid %llu generation %llu scanned by %s (%d)",
 						  path, devid, found_transid,
@@ -938,7 +937,7 @@ static noinline struct btrfs_device *device_list_add(const char *path,
 						  task_pid_nr(current));
 				return ERR_PTR(-EEXIST);
 			}
-			btrfs_info_in_rcu(device->fs_info,
+			btrfs_info_in_rcu(NULL,
 	"devid %llu device path %s changed to %s scanned by %s (%d)",
 					  devid, rcu_str_deref(device->name),
 					  path, current->comm,