diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/super.c b/fs/bcachefs/super.c
index a58edde43bee..089b69b685d9 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/super.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/super.c
@@ -684,6 +684,7 @@ void bch2_fs_free(struct bch_fs *c)
 		if (ca) {
 			EBUG_ON(atomic_long_read(&ca->ref) != 1);
 			bch2_dev_io_ref_stop(ca, READ);
+			bch2_dev_io_ref_stop(ca, WRITE);
 			bch2_free_super(&ca->disk_sb);
 			bch2_dev_free(ca);
 		}