diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index c6aca1425cbf278faacdb57b21de44b9c068ead1..a684c766c2744c8d270c104182efd4a2697a7f41 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -6088,12 +6088,6 @@ static noinline void btrfs_schedule_bio(struct btrfs_device *device,
 	int should_queue = 1;
 	struct btrfs_pending_bios *pending_bios;
 
-	if (test_bit(BTRFS_DEV_STATE_MISSING, &device->dev_state) ||
-	    !device->bdev) {
-		bio_io_error(bio);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	/* don't bother with additional async steps for reads, right now */
 	if (bio_op(bio) == REQ_OP_READ) {
 		btrfsic_submit_bio(bio);
@@ -6222,7 +6216,8 @@ blk_status_t btrfs_map_bio(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, struct bio *bio,
 
 	for (dev_nr = 0; dev_nr < total_devs; dev_nr++) {
 		dev = bbio->stripes[dev_nr].dev;
-		if (!dev || !dev->bdev ||
+		if (!dev || !dev->bdev || test_bit(BTRFS_DEV_STATE_MISSING,
+						   &dev->dev_state) ||
 		    (bio_op(first_bio) == REQ_OP_WRITE &&
 		    !test_bit(BTRFS_DEV_STATE_WRITEABLE, &dev->dev_state))) {
 			bbio_error(bbio, first_bio, logical);