diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index c96635a26803d65953a80e96b79695809fdc986a..7ea81e1b361f1d10851c76cc8bbdc22408453e4d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -936,12 +936,6 @@ int btrfs_close_devices(struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices)
 		__btrfs_close_devices(fs_devices);
 		free_fs_devices(fs_devices);
 	}
-	/*
-	 * Wait for rcu kworkers under __btrfs_close_devices
-	 * to finish all blkdev_puts so device is really
-	 * free when umount is done.
-	 */
-	rcu_barrier();
 	return ret;
 }