diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 2ac0a35f4450..bfcbab3a7607 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -3481,9 +3481,7 @@ static int write_dev_supers(struct btrfs_device *device,
  */
 static void btrfs_end_empty_barrier(struct bio *bio)
 {
-	if (bio->bi_private)
-		complete(bio->bi_private);
-	bio_put(bio);
+	complete(bio->bi_private);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -3493,26 +3491,20 @@ static void btrfs_end_empty_barrier(struct bio *bio)
 static void write_dev_flush(struct btrfs_device *device)
 {
 	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(device->bdev);
-	struct bio *bio;
+	struct bio *bio = device->flush_bio;
 
 	if (!test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_WC, &q->queue_flags))
 		return;
 
-	/*
-	 * one reference for us, and we leave it for the
-	 * caller
-	 */
-	device->flush_bio = NULL;
-	bio = btrfs_io_bio_alloc(0);
+	bio_reset(bio);
 	bio->bi_end_io = btrfs_end_empty_barrier;
 	bio->bi_bdev = device->bdev;
 	bio->bi_opf = REQ_OP_WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_PREFLUSH;
 	init_completion(&device->flush_wait);
 	bio->bi_private = &device->flush_wait;
-	device->flush_bio = bio;
 
-	bio_get(bio);
-	btrfsic_submit_bio(bio);
+	submit_bio(bio);
+	device->flush_bio_sent = 1;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -3523,9 +3515,10 @@ static int wait_dev_flush(struct btrfs_device *device)
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct bio *bio = device->flush_bio;
 
-	if (!bio)
+	if (!device->flush_bio_sent)
 		return 0;
 
+	device->flush_bio_sent = 0;
 	wait_for_completion(&device->flush_wait);
 
 	if (bio->bi_error) {
@@ -3534,10 +3527,6 @@ static int wait_dev_flush(struct btrfs_device *device)
 				BTRFS_DEV_STAT_FLUSH_ERRS);
 	}
 
-	/* drop the reference from the wait == 0 run */
-	bio_put(bio);
-	device->flush_bio = NULL;
-
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 2090245e8f06..c95f018d4a1e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -242,6 +242,17 @@ static struct btrfs_device *__alloc_device(void)
 	if (!dev)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
+	/*
+	 * Preallocate a bio that's always going to be used for flushing device
+	 * barriers and matches the device lifespan
+	 */
+	dev->flush_bio = bio_alloc_bioset(GFP_KERNEL, 0, NULL);
+	if (!dev->flush_bio) {
+		kfree(dev);
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	}
+	bio_get(dev->flush_bio);
+
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->dev_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->dev_alloc_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->resized_list);
@@ -838,6 +849,7 @@ static void __free_device(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	device = container_of(work, struct btrfs_device, rcu_work);
 	rcu_string_free(device->name);
+	bio_put(device->flush_bio);
 	kfree(device);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
index 35327efecdbb..6f45fd60d15a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ struct btrfs_device {
 	int can_discard;
 	int is_tgtdev_for_dev_replace;
 	int last_flush_error;
+	int flush_bio_sent;
 
 #ifdef __BTRFS_NEED_DEVICE_DATA_ORDERED
 	seqcount_t data_seqcount;