diff --git a/fs/btrfs/dev-replace.c b/fs/btrfs/dev-replace.c
index 8531b5dae777286fd9d342e6819d13d05ad3578b..9fe7be7fdbefaa91233b0a2359242f967c69e845 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/dev-replace.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/dev-replace.c
@@ -896,7 +896,17 @@ int btrfs_resume_dev_replace_async(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 	}
 	btrfs_dev_replace_write_unlock(dev_replace);
 
-	WARN_ON(test_and_set_bit(BTRFS_FS_EXCL_OP, &fs_info->flags));
+	/*
+	 * This could collide with a paused balance, but the exclusive op logic
+	 * should never allow both to start and pause. We don't want to allow
+	 * dev-replace to start anyway.
+	 */
+	if (test_and_set_bit(BTRFS_FS_EXCL_OP, &fs_info->flags)) {
+		btrfs_info(fs_info,
+		"cannot resume dev-replace, other exclusive operation running");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	task = kthread_run(btrfs_dev_replace_kthread, fs_info, "btrfs-devrepl");
 	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(task);
 }