diff --git a/cmds-check.c b/cmds-check.c
index 4040f7ea..fd661d98 100644
--- a/cmds-check.c
+++ b/cmds-check.c
@@ -9735,7 +9735,6 @@ out:
 	free_root_recs_tree(&root_cache);
 close_out:
 	close_ctree(root);
-	btrfs_close_all_devices();
 err_out:
 	if (ctx.progress_enabled)
 		task_deinit(ctx.info);
diff --git a/cmds-device.c b/cmds-device.c
index e461aa12..c2f3a408 100644
--- a/cmds-device.c
+++ b/cmds-device.c
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ static int cmd_device_add(int argc, char **argv)
 
 error_out:
 	close_file_or_dir(fdmnt, dirstream);
-	btrfs_close_all_devices();
 	return !!ret;
 }
 
@@ -287,7 +286,6 @@ static int cmd_device_scan(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 out:
-	btrfs_close_all_devices();
 	return !!ret;
 }
 
@@ -456,7 +454,6 @@ static int cmd_device_stats(int argc, char **argv)
 out:
 	free(di_args);
 	close_file_or_dir(fdmnt, dirstream);
-	btrfs_close_all_devices();
 
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/cmds-replace.c b/cmds-replace.c
index 4e0e9472..9ba256d3 100644
--- a/cmds-replace.c
+++ b/cmds-replace.c
@@ -309,7 +309,6 @@ static int cmd_replace_start(int argc, char **argv)
 		}
 	}
 	close_file_or_dir(fdmnt, dirstream);
-	btrfs_close_all_devices();
 	return 0;
 
 leave_with_error:
@@ -319,7 +318,6 @@ leave_with_error:
 		close(fdmnt);
 	if (fddstdev != -1)
 		close(fddstdev);
-	btrfs_close_all_devices();
 	return 1;
 }