diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index e4963da4dd081..7f91d62c2225a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -2463,30 +2463,16 @@ static int btrfs_unfreeze(struct super_block *sb)
 static int btrfs_show_devname(struct seq_file *m, struct dentry *root)
 {
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = btrfs_sb(root->d_sb);
-	struct btrfs_device *dev, *first_dev = NULL;
 
 	/*
-	 * Lightweight locking of the devices. We should not need
-	 * device_list_mutex here as we only read the device data and the list
-	 * is protected by RCU.  Even if a device is deleted during the list
-	 * traversals, we'll get valid data, the freeing callback will wait at
-	 * least until the rcu_read_unlock.
+	 * There should be always a valid pointer in latest_dev, it may be stale
+	 * for a short moment in case it's being deleted but still valid until
+	 * the end of RCU grace period.
 	 */
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	list_for_each_entry_rcu(dev, &fs_info->fs_devices->devices, dev_list) {
-		if (test_bit(BTRFS_DEV_STATE_MISSING, &dev->dev_state))
-			continue;
-		if (!dev->name)
-			continue;
-		if (!first_dev || dev->devid < first_dev->devid)
-			first_dev = dev;
-	}
-
-	if (first_dev)
-		seq_escape(m, rcu_str_deref(first_dev->name), " \t\n\\");
-	else
-		WARN_ON(1);
+	seq_escape(m, rcu_str_deref(fs_info->fs_devices->latest_dev->name), " \t\n\\");
 	rcu_read_unlock();
+
 	return 0;
 }