diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index c661155f29d9c..be1e047a489ed 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -2662,8 +2662,18 @@ int btrfs_init_new_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, const char *device_path
 		ret = btrfs_commit_transaction(trans);
 	}
 
-	/* Update ctime/mtime for libblkid */
+	/*
+	 * Now that we have written a new super block to this device, check all
+	 * other fs_devices list if device_path alienates any other scanned
+	 * device.
+	 * We can ignore the return value as it typically returns -EINVAL and
+	 * only succeeds if the device was an alien.
+	 */
+	btrfs_forget_devices(device_path);
+
+	/* Update ctime/mtime for blkid or udev */
 	update_dev_time(device_path);
+
 	return ret;
 
 error_sysfs: