}
 }
 
+static struct btrfs_device *__alloc_device(void)
+{
+       struct btrfs_device *dev;
+
+       dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_NOFS);
+       if (!dev)
+               return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->dev_list);
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->dev_alloc_list);
+
+       spin_lock_init(&dev->io_lock);
+
+       spin_lock_init(&dev->reada_lock);
+       atomic_set(&dev->reada_in_flight, 0);
+       INIT_RADIX_TREE(&dev->reada_zones, GFP_NOFS & ~__GFP_WAIT);
+       INIT_RADIX_TREE(&dev->reada_extents, GFP_NOFS & ~__GFP_WAIT);
+
+       return dev;
+}
+
 static noinline struct btrfs_device *__find_device(struct list_head *head,
                                                   u64 devid, u8 *uuid)
 {
                if (fs_devices->opened)
                        return -EBUSY;
 
-               device = kzalloc(sizeof(*device), GFP_NOFS);
-               if (!device) {
+               device = btrfs_alloc_device(NULL, &devid,
+                                           disk_super->dev_item.uuid);
+               if (IS_ERR(device)) {
                        /* we can safely leave the fs_devices entry around */
-                       return -ENOMEM;
+                       return PTR_ERR(device);
                }
-               device->devid = devid;
-               device->dev_stats_valid = 0;
-               device->work.func = pending_bios_fn;
-               memcpy(device->uuid, disk_super->dev_item.uuid,
-                      BTRFS_UUID_SIZE);
-               spin_lock_init(&device->io_lock);
 
                name = rcu_string_strdup(path, GFP_NOFS);
                if (!name) {
                        return -ENOMEM;
                }
                rcu_assign_pointer(device->name, name);
-               INIT_LIST_HEAD(&device->dev_alloc_list);
-
-               /* init readahead state */
-               spin_lock_init(&device->reada_lock);
-               device->reada_curr_zone = NULL;
-               atomic_set(&device->reada_in_flight, 0);
-               device->reada_next = 0;
-               INIT_RADIX_TREE(&device->reada_zones, GFP_NOFS & ~__GFP_WAIT);
-               INIT_RADIX_TREE(&device->reada_extents, GFP_NOFS & ~__GFP_WAIT);
 
                mutex_lock(&fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
                list_add_rcu(&device->dev_list, &fs_devices->devices);
        list_for_each_entry(orig_dev, &orig->devices, dev_list) {
                struct rcu_string *name;
 
-               device = kzalloc(sizeof(*device), GFP_NOFS);
-               if (!device)
+               device = btrfs_alloc_device(NULL, &orig_dev->devid,
+                                           orig_dev->uuid);
+               if (IS_ERR(device))
                        goto error;
 
                /*
                }
                rcu_assign_pointer(device->name, name);
 
-               device->devid = orig_dev->devid;
-               device->work.func = pending_bios_fn;
-               memcpy(device->uuid, orig_dev->uuid, sizeof(device->uuid));
-               spin_lock_init(&device->io_lock);
-               INIT_LIST_HEAD(&device->dev_list);
-               INIT_LIST_HEAD(&device->dev_alloc_list);
-
                list_add(&device->dev_list, &fs_devices->devices);
                device->fs_devices = fs_devices;
                fs_devices->num_devices++;
        }
        mutex_unlock(&root->fs_info->fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
 
-       device = kzalloc(sizeof(*device), GFP_NOFS);
-       if (!device) {
+       device = btrfs_alloc_device(root->fs_info, NULL, NULL);
+       if (IS_ERR(device)) {
                /* we can safely leave the fs_devices entry around */
-               ret = -ENOMEM;
+               ret = PTR_ERR(device);
                goto error;
        }
 
        }
        rcu_assign_pointer(device->name, name);
 
-       ret = find_next_devid(root->fs_info, &device->devid);
-       if (ret) {
-               rcu_string_free(device->name);
-               kfree(device);
-               goto error;
-       }
-
        trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 0);
        if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
                rcu_string_free(device->name);
        if (blk_queue_discard(q))
                device->can_discard = 1;
        device->writeable = 1;
-       device->work.func = pending_bios_fn;
-       generate_random_uuid(device->uuid);
-       spin_lock_init(&device->io_lock);
        device->generation = trans->transid;
        device->io_width = root->sectorsize;
        device->io_align = root->sectorsize;
        struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = root->fs_info;
        struct list_head *devices;
        struct rcu_string *name;
+       u64 devid = BTRFS_DEV_REPLACE_DEVID;
        int ret = 0;
 
        *device_out = NULL;
                }
        }
 
-       device = kzalloc(sizeof(*device), GFP_NOFS);
-       if (!device) {
-               ret = -ENOMEM;
+       device = btrfs_alloc_device(NULL, &devid, NULL);
+       if (IS_ERR(device)) {
+               ret = PTR_ERR(device);
                goto error;
        }
 
                device->can_discard = 1;
        mutex_lock(&root->fs_info->fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
        device->writeable = 1;
-       device->work.func = pending_bios_fn;
-       generate_random_uuid(device->uuid);
-       device->devid = BTRFS_DEV_REPLACE_DEVID;
-       spin_lock_init(&device->io_lock);
        device->generation = 0;
        device->io_width = root->sectorsize;
        device->io_align = root->sectorsize;
        struct btrfs_device *device;
        struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices = root->fs_info->fs_devices;
 
-       device = kzalloc(sizeof(*device), GFP_NOFS);
-       if (!device)
+       device = btrfs_alloc_device(NULL, &devid, dev_uuid);
+       if (IS_ERR(device))
                return NULL;
-       list_add(&device->dev_list,
-                &fs_devices->devices);
-       device->devid = devid;
-       device->work.func = pending_bios_fn;
+
+       list_add(&device->dev_list, &fs_devices->devices);
        device->fs_devices = fs_devices;
-       device->missing = 1;
        fs_devices->num_devices++;
+
+       device->missing = 1;
        fs_devices->missing_devices++;
-       spin_lock_init(&device->io_lock);
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&device->dev_alloc_list);
-       memcpy(device->uuid, dev_uuid, BTRFS_UUID_SIZE);
+
        return device;
 }
 
+/**
+ * btrfs_alloc_device - allocate struct btrfs_device
+ * @fs_info:   used only for generating a new devid, can be NULL if
+ *             devid is provided (i.e. @devid != NULL).
+ * @devid:     a pointer to devid for this device.  If NULL a new devid
+ *             is generated.
+ * @uuid:      a pointer to UUID for this device.  If NULL a new UUID
+ *             is generated.
+ *
+ * Return: a pointer to a new &struct btrfs_device on success; ERR_PTR()
+ * on error.  Returned struct is not linked onto any lists and can be
+ * destroyed with kfree() right away.
+ */
+struct btrfs_device *btrfs_alloc_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
+                                       const u64 *devid,
+                                       const u8 *uuid)
+{
+       struct btrfs_device *dev;
+       u64 tmp;
+
+       if (!devid && !fs_info) {
+               WARN_ON(1);
+               return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+       }
+
+       dev = __alloc_device();
+       if (IS_ERR(dev))
+               return dev;
+
+       if (devid)
+               tmp = *devid;
+       else {
+               int ret;
+
+               ret = find_next_devid(fs_info, &tmp);
+               if (ret) {
+                       kfree(dev);
+                       return ERR_PTR(ret);
+               }
+       }
+       dev->devid = tmp;
+
+       if (uuid)
+               memcpy(dev->uuid, uuid, BTRFS_UUID_SIZE);
+       else
+               generate_random_uuid(dev->uuid);
+
+       dev->work.func = pending_bios_fn;
+
+       return dev;
+}
+
 static int read_one_chunk(struct btrfs_root *root, struct btrfs_key *key,
                          struct extent_buffer *leaf,
                          struct btrfs_chunk *chunk)