diff --git a/fs/btrfs/dev-replace.c b/fs/btrfs/dev-replace.c
index f982ef3..862fbc2 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/dev-replace.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/dev-replace.c
@@ -376,6 +376,10 @@
 	WARN_ON(!tgt_device);
 	dev_replace->tgtdev = tgt_device;
 
+	ret = btrfs_kobj_add_device(tgt_device->fs_devices, tgt_device);
+	if (ret)
+		btrfs_error(root->fs_info, ret, "kobj add dev failed");
+
 	printk_in_rcu(KERN_INFO
 		      "BTRFS: dev_replace from %s (devid %llu) to %s started\n",
 		      src_device->missing ? "<missing disk>" :
@@ -584,7 +588,6 @@
 
 	/* replace the sysfs entry */
 	btrfs_kobj_rm_device(fs_info->fs_devices, src_device);
-	btrfs_kobj_add_device(fs_info->fs_devices, tgt_device);
 	btrfs_rm_dev_replace_free_srcdev(fs_info, src_device);
 
 	/* write back the superblocks */