device = btrfs_alloc_device(NULL, &devid, dev_uuid);
        if (IS_ERR(device))
-               return NULL;
+               return device;
 
        list_add(&device->dev_list, &fs_devices->devices);
        device->fs_devices = fs_devices;
                        map->stripes[i].dev =
                                add_missing_dev(fs_info->fs_devices, devid,
                                                uuid);
-                       if (!map->stripes[i].dev) {
+                       if (IS_ERR(map->stripes[i].dev)) {
                                free_extent_map(em);
-                               return -EIO;
+                               btrfs_err(fs_info,
+                                       "failed to init missing dev %llu: %ld",
+                                       devid, PTR_ERR(map->stripes[i].dev));
+                               return PTR_ERR(map->stripes[i].dev);
                        }
                        btrfs_report_missing_device(fs_info, devid, uuid);
                }
                }
 
                device = add_missing_dev(fs_devices, devid, dev_uuid);
-               if (!device)
-                       return -ENOMEM;
+               if (IS_ERR(device)) {
+                       btrfs_err(fs_info,
+                               "failed to add missing dev %llu: %ld",
+                               devid, PTR_ERR(device));
+                       return PTR_ERR(device);
+               }
                btrfs_report_missing_device(fs_info, devid, dev_uuid);
        } else {
                if (!device->bdev) {