struct btrfs_device *tgt_device = NULL;
        struct btrfs_device *src_device = NULL;
 
-       ret = btrfs_find_device_by_devspec(fs_info, srcdevid,
-                                           srcdev_name, &src_device);
-       if (ret)
-               return ret;
+       src_device = btrfs_find_device_by_devspec(fs_info, srcdevid,
+                                                 srcdev_name);
+       if (IS_ERR(src_device))
+               return PTR_ERR(src_device);
 
        ret = btrfs_init_dev_replace_tgtdev(fs_info, tgtdev_name,
                                            src_device, &tgt_device);
 
        if (ret)
                goto out;
 
-       ret = btrfs_find_device_by_devspec(fs_info, devid, device_path,
-                                          &device);
-       if (ret)
+       device = btrfs_find_device_by_devspec(fs_info, devid, device_path);
+
+       if (IS_ERR(device)) {
+               if (PTR_ERR(device) == -ENOENT &&
+                   strcmp(device_path, "missing") == 0)
+                       ret = BTRFS_ERROR_DEV_MISSING_NOT_FOUND;
+               else
+                       ret = PTR_ERR(device);
                goto out;
+       }
 
        if (test_bit(BTRFS_DEV_STATE_REPLACE_TGT, &device->dev_state)) {
                ret = BTRFS_ERROR_DEV_TGT_REPLACE;
 /*
  * Lookup a device given by device id, or the path if the id is 0.
  */
-int btrfs_find_device_by_devspec(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 devid,
-                                const char *devpath,
-                                struct btrfs_device **device)
+struct btrfs_device *btrfs_find_device_by_devspec(
+               struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 devid, const char *devpath)
 {
-       int ret = 0;
+       struct btrfs_device *device;
 
        if (devid) {
-               *device = btrfs_find_device(fs_info, devid, NULL, NULL);
-               if (!*device)
-                       ret = -ENOENT;
+               device = btrfs_find_device(fs_info, devid, NULL, NULL);
+               if (!device)
+                       return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
        } else {
                if (!devpath || !devpath[0])
-                       return -EINVAL;
-
-               *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 ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+               device = btrfs_find_device_missing_or_by_path(fs_info, devpath);
        }
-       return ret;
+       return device;
 }
 
 /*
 
 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_by_devspec(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 devid,
-                                        const char *devpath,
-                                        struct btrfs_device **device);
+struct btrfs_device *btrfs_find_device_by_devspec(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
+                                                 u64 devid,
+                                                 const char *devpath);
 struct btrfs_device *btrfs_alloc_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
                                        const u64 *devid,
                                        const u8 *uuid);