diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index a1a6c296..ef24158 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -116,7 +116,16 @@
 	if (fs_info->fs_state & BTRFS_SUPER_FLAG_ERROR) {
 		sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
 		printk(KERN_INFO "btrfs is forced readonly\n");
-		btrfs_scrub_cancel(fs_info);
+		/*
+		 * Note that a running device replace operation is not
+		 * canceled here although there is no way to update
+		 * the progress. It would add the risk of a deadlock,
+		 * therefore the canceling is ommited. The only penalty
+		 * is that some I/O remains active until the procedure
+		 * completes. The next time when the filesystem is
+		 * mounted writeable again, the device replace
+		 * operation continues.
+		 */
 //		WARN_ON(1);
 	}
 }