diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 3e3aacaedf476fdc91fe20d789626ca968273430..9355f5c78c155711d70356e047e19f10cf8f71bf 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -595,8 +595,6 @@ static int btrfs_free_stale_devices(const char *path,
 			btrfs_free_device(device);
 
 			ret = 0;
-			if (fs_devices->num_devices == 0)
-				break;
 		}
 		mutex_unlock(&fs_devices->device_list_mutex);