diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index b8508af4e53956..c9d3f375df8352 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -3160,6 +3160,7 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_add_dev(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, void __user *arg)
 
 static long btrfs_ioctl_rm_dev_v2(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 {
+	BTRFS_DEV_LOOKUP_ARGS(args);
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = btrfs_sb(inode->i_sb);
 	struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args_v2 *vol_args;
@@ -3171,35 +3172,39 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_rm_dev_v2(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	ret = mnt_want_write_file(file);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
 	vol_args = memdup_user(arg, sizeof(*vol_args));
 	if (IS_ERR(vol_args)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(vol_args);
-		goto err_drop;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	if (vol_args->flags & ~BTRFS_DEVICE_REMOVE_ARGS_MASK) {
 		ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		goto out;
 	}
+
 	vol_args->name[BTRFS_SUBVOL_NAME_MAX] = '\0';
-	if (!(vol_args->flags & BTRFS_DEVICE_SPEC_BY_ID) &&
-	    strcmp("cancel", vol_args->name) == 0)
+	if (vol_args->flags & BTRFS_DEVICE_SPEC_BY_ID) {
+		args.devid = vol_args->devid;
+	} else if (!strcmp("cancel", vol_args->name)) {
 		cancel = true;
+	} else {
+		ret = btrfs_get_dev_args_from_path(fs_info, &args, vol_args->name);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = mnt_want_write_file(file);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
 
 	ret = exclop_start_or_cancel_reloc(fs_info, BTRFS_EXCLOP_DEV_REMOVE,
 					   cancel);
 	if (ret)
-		goto out;
-	/* Exclusive operation is now claimed */
+		goto err_drop;
 
-	if (vol_args->flags & BTRFS_DEVICE_SPEC_BY_ID)
-		ret = btrfs_rm_device(fs_info, NULL, vol_args->devid, &bdev, &mode);
-	else
-		ret = btrfs_rm_device(fs_info, vol_args->name, 0, &bdev, &mode);
+	/* Exclusive operation is now claimed */
+	ret = btrfs_rm_device(fs_info, &args, &bdev, &mode);
 
 	btrfs_exclop_finish(fs_info);
 
@@ -3211,17 +3216,19 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_rm_dev_v2(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 			btrfs_info(fs_info, "device deleted: %s",
 					vol_args->name);
 	}
-out:
-	kfree(vol_args);
 err_drop:
 	mnt_drop_write_file(file);
 	if (bdev)
 		blkdev_put(bdev, mode);
+out:
+	btrfs_put_dev_args_from_path(&args);
+	kfree(vol_args);
 	return ret;
 }
 
 static long btrfs_ioctl_rm_dev(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 {
+	BTRFS_DEV_LOOKUP_ARGS(args);
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = btrfs_sb(inode->i_sb);
 	struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args *vol_args;
@@ -3233,32 +3240,38 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_rm_dev(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	ret = mnt_want_write_file(file);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
 	vol_args = memdup_user(arg, sizeof(*vol_args));
-	if (IS_ERR(vol_args)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(vol_args);
-		goto out_drop_write;
-	}
+	if (IS_ERR(vol_args))
+		return PTR_ERR(vol_args);
+
 	vol_args->name[BTRFS_PATH_NAME_MAX] = '\0';
-	cancel = (strcmp("cancel", vol_args->name) == 0);
+	if (!strcmp("cancel", vol_args->name)) {
+		cancel = true;
+	} else {
+		ret = btrfs_get_dev_args_from_path(fs_info, &args, vol_args->name);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = mnt_want_write_file(file);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
 
 	ret = exclop_start_or_cancel_reloc(fs_info, BTRFS_EXCLOP_DEV_REMOVE,
 					   cancel);
 	if (ret == 0) {
-		ret = btrfs_rm_device(fs_info, vol_args->name, 0, &bdev, &mode);
+		ret = btrfs_rm_device(fs_info, &args, &bdev, &mode);
 		if (!ret)
 			btrfs_info(fs_info, "disk deleted %s", vol_args->name);
 		btrfs_exclop_finish(fs_info);
 	}
 
-	kfree(vol_args);
-out_drop_write:
 	mnt_drop_write_file(file);
 	if (bdev)
 		blkdev_put(bdev, mode);
+out:
+	btrfs_put_dev_args_from_path(&args);
+	kfree(vol_args);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 340583942d2229..debba6f0485865 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -2076,8 +2076,9 @@ void btrfs_scratch_superblocks(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	update_dev_time(bdev);
 }
 
-int btrfs_rm_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, const char *device_path,
-		    u64 devid, struct block_device **bdev, fmode_t *mode)
+int btrfs_rm_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
+		    struct btrfs_dev_lookup_args *args,
+		    struct block_device **bdev, fmode_t *mode)
 {
 	struct btrfs_device *device;
 	struct btrfs_fs_devices *cur_devices;
@@ -2096,14 +2097,12 @@ int btrfs_rm_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, const char *device_path,
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
-	device = btrfs_find_device_by_devspec(fs_info, devid, device_path);
-
-	if (IS_ERR(device)) {
-		if (PTR_ERR(device) == -ENOENT &&
-		    device_path && strcmp(device_path, "missing") == 0)
+	device = btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, args);
+	if (!device) {
+		if (args->missing)
 			ret = BTRFS_ERROR_DEV_MISSING_NOT_FOUND;
 		else
-			ret = PTR_ERR(device);
+			ret = -ENOENT;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
index acf7c1307e1472..3b81306807493a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ struct btrfs_device *btrfs_alloc_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 void btrfs_put_dev_args_from_path(struct btrfs_dev_lookup_args *args);
 void btrfs_free_device(struct btrfs_device *device);
 int btrfs_rm_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
-		    const char *device_path, u64 devid,
+		    struct btrfs_dev_lookup_args *args,
 		    struct block_device **bdev, fmode_t *mode);
 void __exit btrfs_cleanup_fs_uuids(void);
 int btrfs_num_copies(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 logical, u64 len);