diff --git a/fs/btrfs/dev-replace.c b/fs/btrfs/dev-replace.c
index f43196a893ca3..49d3c587c2948 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/dev-replace.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/dev-replace.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ int btrfs_init_dev_replace(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 		 * We don't have a replace item or it's corrupted.  If there is
 		 * a replace target, fail the mount.
 		 */
-		if (btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, &args)) {
+		if (btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, &args, false)) {
 			btrfs_err(fs_info,
 			"found replace target device without a valid replace item");
 			ret = -EUCLEAN;
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ int btrfs_init_dev_replace(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 		 * We don't have an active replace item but if there is a
 		 * replace target, fail the mount.
 		 */
-		if (btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, &args)) {
+		if (btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, &args, false)) {
 			btrfs_err(fs_info,
 			"replace devid present without an active replace item");
 			ret = -EUCLEAN;
@@ -174,9 +174,9 @@ int btrfs_init_dev_replace(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 		break;
 	case BTRFS_IOCTL_DEV_REPLACE_STATE_STARTED:
 	case BTRFS_IOCTL_DEV_REPLACE_STATE_SUSPENDED:
-		dev_replace->tgtdev = btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, &args);
+		dev_replace->tgtdev = btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, &args, false);
 		args.devid = src_devid;
-		dev_replace->srcdev = btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, &args);
+		dev_replace->srcdev = btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, &args, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * allow 'btrfs dev replace_cancel' if src/tgt device is
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index fe0cc816b4eba..bdf1578839c99 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -2039,7 +2039,7 @@ static noinline int btrfs_ioctl_resize(struct file *file,
 	}
 
 	args.devid = devid;
-	device = btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, &args);
+	device = btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, &args, false);
 	if (!device) {
 		btrfs_info(fs_info, "resizer unable to find device %llu",
 			   devid);
@@ -3721,7 +3721,7 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_fs_info(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 }
 
 static long btrfs_ioctl_dev_info(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
-				 void __user *arg)
+				 void __user *arg, bool noseed)
 {
 	BTRFS_DEV_LOOKUP_ARGS(args);
 	struct btrfs_ioctl_dev_info_args *di_args;
@@ -3737,7 +3737,7 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_dev_info(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 		args.uuid = di_args->uuid;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	dev = btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, &args);
+	dev = btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, &args, noseed);
 	if (!dev) {
 		ret = -ENODEV;
 		goto out;
@@ -5468,7 +5468,7 @@ long btrfs_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int
 	case BTRFS_IOC_FS_INFO:
 		return btrfs_ioctl_fs_info(fs_info, argp);
 	case BTRFS_IOC_DEV_INFO:
-		return btrfs_ioctl_dev_info(fs_info, argp);
+		return btrfs_ioctl_dev_info(fs_info, argp, false);
 	case BTRFS_IOC_TREE_SEARCH:
 		return btrfs_ioctl_tree_search(inode, argp);
 	case BTRFS_IOC_TREE_SEARCH_V2:
@@ -5570,6 +5570,8 @@ long btrfs_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int
 	case BTRFS_IOC_ENCODED_WRITE_32:
 		return btrfs_ioctl_encoded_write(file, argp, true);
 #endif
+	case BTRFS_IOC_DEV_INFO_NOSEED:
+		return btrfs_ioctl_dev_info(fs_info, argp, true);
 	}
 
 	return -ENOTTY;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
index 3afe5fa50a631..4b734d76776ca 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
@@ -4143,7 +4143,7 @@ int btrfs_scrub_dev(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 devid, u64 start,
 		goto out_free_ctx;
 
 	mutex_lock(&fs_info->fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
-	dev = btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, &args);
+	dev = btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, &args, false);
 	if (!dev || (test_bit(BTRFS_DEV_STATE_MISSING, &dev->dev_state) &&
 		     !is_dev_replace)) {
 		mutex_unlock(&fs_info->fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
@@ -4321,7 +4321,7 @@ int btrfs_scrub_progress(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 devid,
 	struct scrub_ctx *sctx = NULL;
 
 	mutex_lock(&fs_info->fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
-	dev = btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, &args);
+	dev = btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, &args, false);
 	if (dev)
 		sctx = dev->scrub_ctx;
 	if (sctx)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 272901514b0c1..1abd75e90cd9e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ static noinline struct btrfs_device *device_list_add(const char *path,
 		};
 
 		mutex_lock(&fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
-		device = btrfs_find_device(fs_devices, &args);
+		device = btrfs_find_device(fs_devices, &args, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * If this disk has been pulled into an fs devices created by
@@ -2075,7 +2075,7 @@ int btrfs_rm_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	device = btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, args);
+	device = btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, args, false);
 	if (!device) {
 		if (args->missing)
 			ret = BTRFS_ERROR_DEV_MISSING_NOT_FOUND;
@@ -2381,7 +2381,7 @@ struct btrfs_device *btrfs_find_device_by_devspec(
 
 	if (devid) {
 		args.devid = devid;
-		device = btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, &args);
+		device = btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, &args, false);
 		if (!device)
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 		return device;
@@ -2390,7 +2390,7 @@ struct btrfs_device *btrfs_find_device_by_devspec(
 	ret = btrfs_get_dev_args_from_path(fs_info, &args, device_path);
 	if (ret)
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
-	device = btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, &args);
+	device = btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, &args, false);
 	btrfs_put_dev_args_from_path(&args);
 	if (!device)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
@@ -2551,7 +2551,7 @@ static int btrfs_finish_sprout(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans)
 				   BTRFS_FSID_SIZE);
 		args.uuid = dev_uuid;
 		args.fsid = fs_uuid;
-		device = btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, &args);
+		device = btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, &args, false);
 		BUG_ON(!device); /* Logic error */
 
 		if (device->fs_devices->seeding) {
@@ -6821,7 +6821,7 @@ static bool dev_args_match_device(const struct btrfs_dev_lookup_args *args,
  * only devid is used.
  */
 struct btrfs_device *btrfs_find_device(const struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices,
-				       const struct btrfs_dev_lookup_args *args)
+				       const struct btrfs_dev_lookup_args *args, bool noseed)
 {
 	struct btrfs_device *device;
 	struct btrfs_fs_devices *seed_devs;
@@ -6832,6 +6832,8 @@ struct btrfs_device *btrfs_find_device(const struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices
 				return device;
 		}
 	}
+	if (noseed)
+		return NULL;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(seed_devs, &fs_devices->seed_list, seed_list) {
 		if (!dev_args_match_fs_devices(args, seed_devs))
@@ -7095,7 +7097,7 @@ static int read_one_chunk(struct btrfs_key *key, struct extent_buffer *leaf,
 				   btrfs_stripe_dev_uuid_nr(chunk, i),
 				   BTRFS_UUID_SIZE);
 		args.uuid = uuid;
-		map->stripes[i].dev = btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, &args);
+		map->stripes[i].dev = btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, &args, false);
 		if (!map->stripes[i].dev) {
 			map->stripes[i].dev = handle_missing_device(fs_info,
 								    devid, uuid);
@@ -7226,7 +7228,7 @@ static int read_one_dev(struct extent_buffer *leaf,
 			return PTR_ERR(fs_devices);
 	}
 
-	device = btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, &args);
+	device = btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, &args, false);
 	if (!device) {
 		if (!btrfs_test_opt(fs_info, DEGRADED)) {
 			btrfs_report_missing_device(fs_info, devid,
@@ -7884,7 +7886,7 @@ int btrfs_get_dev_stats(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 
 	mutex_lock(&fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
 	args.devid = stats->devid;
-	dev = btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, &args);
+	dev = btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, &args, false);
 	mutex_unlock(&fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
 
 	if (!dev) {
@@ -8026,7 +8028,7 @@ static int verify_one_dev_extent(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	}
 
 	/* Make sure no dev extent is beyond device boundary */
-	dev = btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, &args);
+	dev = btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, &args, false);
 	if (!dev) {
 		btrfs_err(fs_info, "failed to find devid %llu", devid);
 		ret = -EUCLEAN;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
index 5639961b3626f..4b6bcc777f752 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
@@ -609,7 +609,10 @@ int btrfs_num_copies(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 logical, u64 len);
 int btrfs_grow_device(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		      struct btrfs_device *device, u64 new_size);
 struct btrfs_device *btrfs_find_device(const struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices,
-				       const struct btrfs_dev_lookup_args *args);
+				       const struct btrfs_dev_lookup_args *args,
+				       bool noseed);
+struct btrfs_device *btrfs_find_device_noseed(const struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices,
+					      const struct btrfs_dev_lookup_args *args);
 int btrfs_shrink_device(struct btrfs_device *device, u64 new_size);
 int btrfs_init_new_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, const char *path);
 int btrfs_balance(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/btrfs.h b/include/uapi/linux/btrfs.h
index 7ada84e4a3ed1..880b565479a12 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/btrfs.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/btrfs.h
@@ -1078,6 +1078,8 @@ enum btrfs_err_code {
 				       struct btrfs_ioctl_scrub_args)
 #define BTRFS_IOC_DEV_INFO _IOWR(BTRFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 30, \
 				 struct btrfs_ioctl_dev_info_args)
+#define BTRFS_IOC_DEV_INFO_NOSEED _IOR(BTRFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 30, \
+				       struct btrfs_ioctl_dev_info_args)
 #define BTRFS_IOC_FS_INFO _IOR(BTRFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 31, \
 			       struct btrfs_ioctl_fs_info_args)
 #define BTRFS_IOC_BALANCE_V2 _IOWR(BTRFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 32, \
