struct rcu_string *name;
        u64 found_transid = btrfs_super_generation(disk_super);
        u64 devid = btrfs_stack_device_id(&disk_super->dev_item);
+       dev_t path_devt;
+       int error;
        bool has_metadata_uuid = (btrfs_super_incompat_flags(disk_super) &
                BTRFS_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_METADATA_UUID);
        bool fsid_change_in_progress = (btrfs_super_flags(disk_super) &
                                        BTRFS_SUPER_FLAG_CHANGING_FSID_V2);
 
+       error = lookup_bdev(path, &path_devt);
+       if (error)
+               return ERR_PTR(error);
+
        if (fsid_change_in_progress) {
                if (!has_metadata_uuid)
                        fs_devices = find_fsid_inprogress(disk_super);
                        return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
                }
                rcu_assign_pointer(device->name, name);
+               device->devt = path_devt;
 
                list_add_rcu(&device->dev_list, &fs_devices->devices);
                fs_devices->num_devices++;
                 * make sure it's the same device if the device is mounted
                 */
                if (device->bdev) {
-                       int error;
-                       dev_t path_dev;
-
-                       error = lookup_bdev(path, &path_dev);
-                       if (error) {
-                               mutex_unlock(&fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
-                               return ERR_PTR(error);
-                       }
-
-                       if (device->bdev->bd_dev != path_dev) {
+                       if (device->devt != path_devt) {
                                mutex_unlock(&fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
                                /*
                                 * device->fs_info may not be reliable here, so
                        fs_devices->missing_devices--;
                        clear_bit(BTRFS_DEV_STATE_MISSING, &device->dev_state);
                }
+               device->devt = path_devt;
        }
 
        /*
        }
 
        device = device_list_add(path, disk_super, &new_device_added);
-       if (!IS_ERR(device) && new_device_added) {
-               dev_t devt;
-
-               /*
-                * It is ok to ignore if we fail to free the stale device (if
-                * any). As there is nothing much that can be done about it.
-                */
-               if (lookup_bdev(path, &devt) == 0)
-                       btrfs_free_stale_devices(devt, device);
-       }
+       if (!IS_ERR(device) && new_device_added)
+               btrfs_free_stale_devices(device->devt, device);
 
        btrfs_release_disk_super(disk_super);
 
        int ret = 0;
        bool seeding_dev = false;
        bool locked = false;
-       dev_t devt;
 
        if (sb_rdonly(sb) && !fs_devices->seeding)
                return -EROFS;
 
        device->fs_info = fs_info;
        device->bdev = bdev;
+       ret = lookup_bdev(device_path, &device->devt);
+       if (ret)
+               goto error_free_device;
 
        ret = btrfs_get_dev_zone_info(device, false);
        if (ret)
         * Now that we have written a new super block to this device, check all
         * other fs_devices list if device_path alienates any other scanned
         * device.
-        * Skip forget_deivces if lookup_bdev() fails as there is nothing much
-        * that can be done about it.
         * We can ignore the return value as it typically returns -EINVAL and
         * only succeeds if the device was an alien.
         */
-       if (lookup_bdev(device_path, &devt) == 0)
-               btrfs_forget_devices(devt);
+       btrfs_forget_devices(device->devt);
 
        /* Update ctime/mtime for blkid or udev */
        update_dev_time(device_path);