diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index 93a21c77064a..09908f25fca9 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ int btrfs_parse_options(struct btrfs_root *root, char *options)
  * All other options will be parsed on much later in the mount process and
  * only when we need to allocate a new super block.
  */
-static int btrfs_parse_early_options(const char *options, int flags,
+static int btrfs_parse_early_options(const char *options, fmode_t flags,
 		void *holder, char **subvol_name,
 		struct btrfs_fs_devices **fs_devices)
 {
@@ -418,18 +418,22 @@ static int btrfs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 	struct super_block *s;
 	struct dentry *root;
 	struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices = NULL;
+	fmode_t mode = FMODE_READ;
 	int error = 0;
 
-	error = btrfs_parse_early_options(data, flags, fs_type,
+	if (!(flags & MS_RDONLY))
+		mode |= FMODE_WRITE;
+
+	error = btrfs_parse_early_options(data, mode, fs_type,
 					  &subvol_name, &fs_devices);
 	if (error)
 		goto error;
 
-	error = btrfs_scan_one_device(dev_name, flags, fs_type, &fs_devices);
+	error = btrfs_scan_one_device(dev_name, mode, fs_type, &fs_devices);
 	if (error)
 		goto error_free_subvol_name;
 
-	error = btrfs_open_devices(fs_devices, flags, fs_type);
+	error = btrfs_open_devices(fs_devices, mode, fs_type);
 	if (error)
 		goto error_free_subvol_name;
 
@@ -591,7 +595,7 @@ static long btrfs_control_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 	len = strnlen(vol->name, BTRFS_PATH_NAME_MAX);
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case BTRFS_IOC_SCAN_DEV:
-		ret = btrfs_scan_one_device(vol->name, MS_RDONLY,
+		ret = btrfs_scan_one_device(vol->name, FMODE_READ,
 					    &btrfs_fs_type, &fs_devices);
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 769f2c5d9e9e..6c523b3360f6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ int btrfs_close_devices(struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices)
 }
 
 int __btrfs_open_devices(struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices,
-			 int flags, void *holder)
+			 fmode_t flags, void *holder)
 {
 	struct block_device *bdev;
 	struct list_head *head = &fs_devices->devices;
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ int __btrfs_open_devices(struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices,
 error_brelse:
 		brelse(bh);
 error_close:
-		close_bdev_exclusive(bdev, MS_RDONLY);
+		close_bdev_exclusive(bdev, FMODE_READ);
 error:
 		continue;
 	}
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ out:
 }
 
 int btrfs_open_devices(struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices,
-		       int flags, void *holder)
+		       fmode_t flags, void *holder)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ int btrfs_open_devices(struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int btrfs_scan_one_device(const char *path, int flags, void *holder,
+int btrfs_scan_one_device(const char *path, fmode_t flags, void *holder,
 			  struct btrfs_fs_devices **fs_devices_ret)
 {
 	struct btrfs_super_block *disk_super;
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ int btrfs_rm_device(struct btrfs_root *root, char *device_path)
 			goto out;
 		}
 	} else {
-		bdev = open_bdev_exclusive(device_path, MS_RDONLY,
+		bdev = open_bdev_exclusive(device_path, FMODE_READ,
 				      root->fs_info->bdev_holder);
 		if (IS_ERR(bdev)) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(bdev);
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ int btrfs_rm_device(struct btrfs_root *root, char *device_path)
 		BUG_ON(device->writeable);
 		brelse(bh);
 		if (bdev)
-			close_bdev_exclusive(bdev, MS_RDONLY);
+			close_bdev_exclusive(bdev, FMODE_READ);
 
 		if (device->bdev) {
 			close_bdev_exclusive(device->bdev, device->mode);
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ int btrfs_rm_device(struct btrfs_root *root, char *device_path)
 	}
 	if (bdev) {
 		/* one close for us */
-		close_bdev_exclusive(bdev, MS_RDONLY);
+		close_bdev_exclusive(bdev, FMODE_READ);
 	}
 	kfree(device->name);
 	kfree(device);
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ error_brelse:
 	brelse(bh);
 error_close:
 	if (bdev)
-		close_bdev_exclusive(bdev, MS_RDONLY);
+		close_bdev_exclusive(bdev, FMODE_READ);
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&root->fs_info->volume_mutex);
 	mutex_unlock(&uuid_mutex);
@@ -2913,7 +2913,7 @@ static int open_seed_devices(struct btrfs_root *root, u8 *fsid)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = __btrfs_open_devices(fs_devices, MS_RDONLY,
+	ret = __btrfs_open_devices(fs_devices, FMODE_READ,
 				   root->fs_info->bdev_holder);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
index 9b41e4d3984d..fcbdcb3ae13e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ int btrfs_map_bio(struct btrfs_root *root, int rw, struct bio *bio,
 		  int mirror_num, int async_submit);
 int btrfs_read_super_device(struct btrfs_root *root, struct extent_buffer *buf);
 int btrfs_open_devices(struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices,
-		       int flags, void *holder);
-int btrfs_scan_one_device(const char *path, int flags, void *holder,
+		       fmode_t flags, void *holder);
+int btrfs_scan_one_device(const char *path, fmode_t flags, void *holder,
 			  struct btrfs_fs_devices **fs_devices_ret);
 int btrfs_close_devices(struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices);
 int btrfs_close_extra_devices(struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices);