diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index 33cc9aba9c94..a4e8beec0fc5 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -2247,6 +2247,9 @@ static long btrfs_control_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 		ret = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(device);
 		mutex_unlock(&uuid_mutex);
 		break;
+	case BTRFS_IOC_FORGET_DEV:
+		ret = btrfs_forget_devices(vol->name);
+		break;
 	case BTRFS_IOC_DEVICES_READY:
 		mutex_lock(&uuid_mutex);
 		device = btrfs_scan_one_device(vol->name, FMODE_READ,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 2576b1a379c9..2ab42bfe5d3c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -734,6 +734,19 @@ static void pending_bios_fn(struct btrfs_work *work)
 	run_scheduled_bios(device);
 }
 
+static bool device_path_matched(const char *path, struct btrfs_device *device)
+{
+	int found;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	found = strcmp(rcu_str_deref(device->name), path);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	if (!found)
+		return true;
+	return false;
+}
+
 /*
  *  Search and remove all stale (devices which are not mounted) devices.
  *  When both inputs are NULL, it will search and release all stale devices.
@@ -742,44 +755,47 @@ static void pending_bios_fn(struct btrfs_work *work)
  *  skip_dev:	Optional. Will skip this device when searching for the stale
  *		devices.
  */
-static void btrfs_free_stale_devices(const char *path,
+static int btrfs_free_stale_devices(const char *path,
 				     struct btrfs_device *skip_device)
 {
 	struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices, *tmp_fs_devices;
 	struct btrfs_device *device, *tmp_device;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (path)
+		ret = -ENXIO;
+	else
+		ret = 0;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(fs_devices, tmp_fs_devices, &fs_uuids, fs_list) {
+
 		mutex_lock(&fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
-		if (fs_devices->opened) {
-			mutex_unlock(&fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
-			continue;
-		}
 
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(device, tmp_device,
 					 &fs_devices->devices, dev_list) {
-			int not_found = 0;
 
 			if (skip_device && skip_device == device)
 				continue;
 			if (path && !device->name)
 				continue;
-
-			rcu_read_lock();
-			if (path)
-				not_found = strcmp(rcu_str_deref(device->name),
-						   path);
-			rcu_read_unlock();
-			if (not_found)
+			if (path && !device_path_matched(path, device))
 				continue;
+			if (fs_devices->opened) {
+				if (path)
+					ret = -EBUSY;
+				break;
+			}
 
 			/* delete the stale device */
 			fs_devices->num_devices--;
 			list_del(&device->dev_list);
 			btrfs_free_device(device);
 
+			ret = 0;
 			if (fs_devices->num_devices == 0)
 				break;
 		}
+
 		mutex_unlock(&fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
 		if (fs_devices->num_devices == 0) {
 			btrfs_sysfs_remove_fsid(fs_devices);
@@ -787,6 +803,8 @@ static void btrfs_free_stale_devices(const char *path,
 			free_fs_devices(fs_devices);
 		}
 	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int btrfs_open_one_device(struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices,
@@ -1451,6 +1469,17 @@ static int btrfs_read_disk_super(struct block_device *bdev, u64 bytenr,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int btrfs_forget_devices(const char *path)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	mutex_lock(&uuid_mutex);
+	ret = btrfs_free_stale_devices(strlen(path) ? path : NULL, NULL);
+	mutex_unlock(&uuid_mutex);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * Look for a btrfs signature on a device. This may be called out of the mount path
  * and we are not allowed to call set_blocksize during the scan. The superblock
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
index ed806649a473..1e73257e55fb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
@@ -416,6 +416,7 @@ int btrfs_open_devices(struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices,
 		       fmode_t flags, void *holder);
 struct btrfs_device *btrfs_scan_one_device(const char *path,
 					   fmode_t flags, void *holder);
+int btrfs_forget_devices(const char *path);
 int btrfs_close_devices(struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices);
 void btrfs_free_extra_devids(struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices, int step);
 void btrfs_assign_next_active_device(struct btrfs_device *device,
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/btrfs.h b/include/uapi/linux/btrfs.h
index e0763bc4158e..c195896d478f 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/btrfs.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/btrfs.h
@@ -837,6 +837,8 @@ enum btrfs_err_code {
 				   struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args)
 #define BTRFS_IOC_SCAN_DEV _IOW(BTRFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 4, \
 				   struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args)
+#define BTRFS_IOC_FORGET_DEV _IOW(BTRFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 5, \
+				   struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args)
 /* trans start and trans end are dangerous, and only for
  * use by applications that know how to avoid the
  * resulting deadlocks
