diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 355ea88d5c5f7..6965ed0813462 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -3556,7 +3556,8 @@ int __cold open_ctree(struct super_block *sb, struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_device
 		goto fail_sysfs;
 	}
 
-	if (!sb_rdonly(sb) && !btrfs_check_rw_degradable(fs_info, NULL)) {
+	if (!sb_rdonly(sb) && fs_info->fs_devices->missing_devices &&
+	    !btrfs_check_rw_degradable(fs_info, NULL)) {
 		btrfs_warn(fs_info,
 		"writable mount is not allowed due to too many missing devices");
 		goto fail_sysfs;