diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index bf953c4895f350b99d34c9c4a255a98b2d65c926..c661155f29d9c47cfe436c9a4ec1d1362b0b3a2d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -1042,6 +1042,8 @@ void btrfs_free_extra_devids(struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices, int step)
 							&device->dev_state)) {
 			if (!test_bit(BTRFS_DEV_STATE_REPLACE_TGT,
 			     &device->dev_state) &&
+			    !test_bit(BTRFS_DEV_STATE_MISSING,
+				      &device->dev_state) &&
 			     (!latest_dev ||
 			      device->generation > latest_dev->generation)) {
 				latest_dev = device;