diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index f4b839fd3c9dd5cd854cb7bada4e3831d8ea1713..96bb3c0a79b08da610f41ed7442cec92cd8973c2 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -706,8 +706,6 @@ int btrfs_scan_one_device(const char *path, fmode_t flags, void *holder,
 	u64 devid;
 	u64 transid;
 
-	mutex_lock(&uuid_mutex);
-
 	flags |= FMODE_EXCL;
 	bdev = blkdev_get_by_path(path, flags, holder);
 
@@ -716,6 +714,7 @@ int btrfs_scan_one_device(const char *path, fmode_t flags, void *holder,
 		goto error;
 	}
 
+	mutex_lock(&uuid_mutex);
 	ret = set_blocksize(bdev, 4096);
 	if (ret)
 		goto error_close;
@@ -737,9 +736,9 @@ int btrfs_scan_one_device(const char *path, fmode_t flags, void *holder,
 
 	brelse(bh);
 error_close:
+	mutex_unlock(&uuid_mutex);
 	blkdev_put(bdev, flags);
 error:
-	mutex_unlock(&uuid_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }