diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index fdd392334916..b9a0b26d08e1 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -2738,8 +2738,6 @@ int btrfs_init_new_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, const char *device_path
 	set_blocksize(device->bdev, BTRFS_BDEV_BLOCKSIZE);
 
 	if (seeding_dev) {
-		btrfs_clear_sb_rdonly(sb);
-
 		/* GFP_KERNEL allocation must not be under device_list_mutex */
 		seed_devices = btrfs_init_sprout(fs_info);
 		if (IS_ERR(seed_devices)) {
@@ -2882,8 +2880,6 @@ error_sysfs:
 	mutex_unlock(&fs_info->chunk_mutex);
 	mutex_unlock(&fs_info->fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
 error_trans:
-	if (seeding_dev)
-		btrfs_set_sb_rdonly(sb);
 	if (trans)
 		btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
 error_free_zone: