ret = BTRFS_ERROR_DEV_EXCL_RUN_IN_PROGRESS;
                goto out;
        }
+       mutex_lock(&fs_info->volume_mutex);
 
        if (vol_args->flags & BTRFS_DEVICE_SPEC_BY_ID) {
                ret = btrfs_rm_device(fs_info, NULL, vol_args->devid);
                vol_args->name[BTRFS_SUBVOL_NAME_MAX] = '\0';
                ret = btrfs_rm_device(fs_info, vol_args->name, 0);
        }
+       mutex_unlock(&fs_info->volume_mutex);
        clear_bit(BTRFS_FS_EXCL_OP, &fs_info->flags);
 
        if (!ret) {
                ret = BTRFS_ERROR_DEV_EXCL_RUN_IN_PROGRESS;
                goto out_drop_write;
        }
+       mutex_lock(&fs_info->volume_mutex);
 
        vol_args = memdup_user(arg, sizeof(*vol_args));
        if (IS_ERR(vol_args)) {
                btrfs_info(fs_info, "disk deleted %s", vol_args->name);
        kfree(vol_args);
 out:
+       mutex_unlock(&fs_info->volume_mutex);
        clear_bit(BTRFS_FS_EXCL_OP, &fs_info->flags);
 out_drop_write:
        mnt_drop_write_file(file);
 
        u64 num_devices;
        int ret = 0;
 
-       mutex_lock(&fs_info->volume_mutex);
        mutex_lock(&uuid_mutex);
 
        num_devices = fs_devices->num_devices;
 
 out:
        mutex_unlock(&uuid_mutex);
-       mutex_unlock(&fs_info->volume_mutex);
        return ret;
 
 error_undo: