diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index a73acf496e10..8bcd2a007517 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -1134,11 +1134,11 @@ int find_free_dev_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
 	if (!path)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-again:
+
 	max_hole_start = search_start;
 	max_hole_size = 0;
-	hole_size = 0;
 
+again:
 	if (search_start >= search_end || device->is_tgtdev_for_dev_replace) {
 		ret = -ENOSPC;
 		goto out;
@@ -1231,21 +1231,23 @@ int find_free_dev_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	 * allocated dev extents, and when shrinking the device,
 	 * search_end may be smaller than search_start.
 	 */
-	if (search_end > search_start)
+	if (search_end > search_start) {
 		hole_size = search_end - search_start;
 
-	if (hole_size > max_hole_size) {
-		max_hole_start = search_start;
-		max_hole_size = hole_size;
-	}
+		if (contains_pending_extent(trans, device, &search_start,
+					    hole_size)) {
+			btrfs_release_path(path);
+			goto again;
+		}
 
-	if (contains_pending_extent(trans, device, &search_start, hole_size)) {
-		btrfs_release_path(path);
-		goto again;
+		if (hole_size > max_hole_size) {
+			max_hole_start = search_start;
+			max_hole_size = hole_size;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* See above. */
-	if (hole_size < num_bytes)
+	if (max_hole_size < num_bytes)
 		ret = -ENOSPC;
 	else
 		ret = 0;