diff --git a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
index edad1a40f797..367ab0911c01 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
@@ -3835,13 +3835,18 @@ int btrfs_scrub_dev(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 devid, u64 start,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	/* Allocate outside of device_list_mutex */
+	sctx = scrub_setup_ctx(fs_info, is_dev_replace);
+	if (IS_ERR(sctx))
+		return PTR_ERR(sctx);
 
 	mutex_lock(&fs_info->fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
 	dev = btrfs_find_device(fs_info, devid, NULL, NULL);
 	if (!dev || (test_bit(BTRFS_DEV_STATE_MISSING, &dev->dev_state) &&
 		     !is_dev_replace)) {
 		mutex_unlock(&fs_info->fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
-		return -ENODEV;
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+		goto out_free_ctx;
 	}
 
 	if (!is_dev_replace && !readonly &&
@@ -3849,7 +3854,8 @@ int btrfs_scrub_dev(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 devid, u64 start,
 		mutex_unlock(&fs_info->fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
 		btrfs_err_in_rcu(fs_info, "scrub: device %s is not writable",
 				rcu_str_deref(dev->name));
-		return -EROFS;
+		ret = -EROFS;
+		goto out_free_ctx;
 	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&fs_info->scrub_lock);
@@ -3857,7 +3863,8 @@ int btrfs_scrub_dev(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 devid, u64 start,
 	    test_bit(BTRFS_DEV_STATE_REPLACE_TGT, &dev->dev_state)) {
 		mutex_unlock(&fs_info->scrub_lock);
 		mutex_unlock(&fs_info->fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
-		return -EIO;
+		ret = -EIO;
+		goto out_free_ctx;
 	}
 
 	down_read(&fs_info->dev_replace.rwsem);
@@ -3867,7 +3874,8 @@ int btrfs_scrub_dev(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 devid, u64 start,
 		up_read(&fs_info->dev_replace.rwsem);
 		mutex_unlock(&fs_info->scrub_lock);
 		mutex_unlock(&fs_info->fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
-		return -EINPROGRESS;
+		ret = -EINPROGRESS;
+		goto out_free_ctx;
 	}
 	up_read(&fs_info->dev_replace.rwsem);
 
@@ -3875,16 +3883,9 @@ int btrfs_scrub_dev(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 devid, u64 start,
 	if (ret) {
 		mutex_unlock(&fs_info->scrub_lock);
 		mutex_unlock(&fs_info->fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
-		return ret;
+		goto out_free_ctx;
 	}
 
-	sctx = scrub_setup_ctx(fs_info, is_dev_replace);
-	if (IS_ERR(sctx)) {
-		mutex_unlock(&fs_info->scrub_lock);
-		mutex_unlock(&fs_info->fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
-		scrub_workers_put(fs_info);
-		return PTR_ERR(sctx);
-	}
 	sctx->readonly = readonly;
 	dev->scrub_ctx = sctx;
 	mutex_unlock(&fs_info->fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
@@ -3937,6 +3938,11 @@ int btrfs_scrub_dev(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 devid, u64 start,
 
 	scrub_put_ctx(sctx);
 
+	return ret;
+
+out_free_ctx:
+	scrub_free_ctx(sctx);
+
 	return ret;
 }