diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index c37433d3cd82..0a8c8f8304b1 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -1611,7 +1611,7 @@ int btrfs_init_new_device(struct btrfs_root *root, char *device_path)
 	if ((sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) && !root->fs_info->fs_devices->seeding)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	bdev = blkdev_get_by_path(device_path, FMODE_EXCL,
+	bdev = blkdev_get_by_path(device_path, FMODE_WRITE | FMODE_EXCL,
 				  root->fs_info->bdev_holder);
 	if (IS_ERR(bdev))
 		return PTR_ERR(bdev);