return device;
 }
 
-int btrfs_find_device_missing_or_by_path(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
-                                        const char *device_path,
-                                        struct btrfs_device **device)
+static struct btrfs_device *btrfs_find_device_missing_or_by_path(
+               struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, const char *device_path)
 {
-       *device = NULL;
+       struct btrfs_device *device = NULL;
        if (strcmp(device_path, "missing") == 0) {
                struct list_head *devices;
                struct btrfs_device *tmp;
                list_for_each_entry(tmp, devices, dev_list) {
                        if (test_bit(BTRFS_DEV_STATE_IN_FS_METADATA,
                                        &tmp->dev_state) && !tmp->bdev) {
-                               *device = tmp;
+                               device = tmp;
                                break;
                        }
                }
 
-               if (!*device)
-                       return BTRFS_ERROR_DEV_MISSING_NOT_FOUND;
+               if (!device)
+                       return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
        } else {
-               *device = btrfs_find_device_by_path(fs_info, device_path);
-               if (IS_ERR(*device))
-                       return PTR_ERR(*device);
+               device = btrfs_find_device_by_path(fs_info, device_path);
        }
 
-       return 0;
+       return device;
 }
 
 /*
                                 const char *devpath,
                                 struct btrfs_device **device)
 {
-       int ret;
+       int ret = 0;
 
        if (devid) {
-               ret = 0;
                *device = btrfs_find_device(fs_info, devid, NULL, NULL);
                if (!*device)
                        ret = -ENOENT;
                if (!devpath || !devpath[0])
                        return -EINVAL;
 
-               ret = btrfs_find_device_missing_or_by_path(fs_info, devpath,
-                                                          device);
+               *device = btrfs_find_device_missing_or_by_path(fs_info, devpath);
+               if (IS_ERR(*device)) {
+                       if (PTR_ERR(*device) == -ENOENT &&
+                           strcmp(devpath, "missing") == 0)
+                               ret = BTRFS_ERROR_DEV_MISSING_NOT_FOUND;
+                       else
+                               ret = PTR_ERR(*device);
+               }
        }
        return ret;
 }
 
 void btrfs_free_extra_devids(struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices, int step);
 void btrfs_assign_next_active_device(struct btrfs_device *device,
                                     struct btrfs_device *this_dev);
-int btrfs_find_device_missing_or_by_path(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
-                                        const char *device_path,
-                                        struct btrfs_device **device);
 int btrfs_find_device_by_devspec(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 devid,
                                         const char *devpath,
                                         struct btrfs_device **device);