diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index cbb491c6d4be..427aa8e24fc3 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -3035,6 +3035,8 @@ int btrfs_init_new_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, const char *device_path
 error_sysfs:
 	btrfs_sysfs_remove_device(device);
 	mutex_lock(&fs_info->fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
+	if (seeding_dev)
+		btrfs_assign_next_active_device(device, seed_devices->latest_dev);
 	mutex_lock(&fs_info->chunk_mutex);
 	if (!list_empty(&device->post_commit_list))
 		list_del_init(&device->post_commit_list);