diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index b8708f994e6..3b394503bd4 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -569,9 +569,11 @@ static int __btrfs_close_devices(struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices)
 		memcpy(new_device, device, sizeof(*new_device));
 
 		/* Safe because we are under uuid_mutex */
-		name = rcu_string_strdup(device->name->str, GFP_NOFS);
-		BUG_ON(device->name && !name); /* -ENOMEM */
-		rcu_assign_pointer(new_device->name, name);
+		if (device->name) {
+			name = rcu_string_strdup(device->name->str, GFP_NOFS);
+			BUG_ON(device->name && !name); /* -ENOMEM */
+			rcu_assign_pointer(new_device->name, name);
+		}
 		new_device->bdev = NULL;
 		new_device->writeable = 0;
 		new_device->in_fs_metadata = 0;