diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index ec3a874165dee..1a9eeb2f6f895 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -1869,15 +1869,17 @@ static int btrfs_add_dev_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
  * Function to update ctime/mtime for a given device path.
  * Mainly used for ctime/mtime based probe like libblkid.
  */
-static void update_dev_time(const char *path_name)
+static void update_dev_time(struct block_device *bdev)
 {
-	struct file *filp;
+	struct inode *inode = bdev->bd_inode;
+	struct timespec64 now;
 
-	filp = filp_open(path_name, O_RDWR, 0);
-	if (IS_ERR(filp))
+	/* Shouldn't happen but just in case. */
+	if (!inode)
 		return;
-	file_update_time(filp);
-	filp_close(filp, NULL);
+
+	now = current_time(inode);
+	generic_update_time(inode, &now, S_MTIME | S_CTIME);
 }
 
 static int btrfs_rm_dev_item(struct btrfs_device *device)
@@ -2053,7 +2055,7 @@ void btrfs_scratch_superblocks(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	btrfs_kobject_uevent(bdev, KOBJ_CHANGE);
 
 	/* Update ctime/mtime for device path for libblkid */
-	update_dev_time(device_path);
+	update_dev_time(bdev);
 }
 
 int btrfs_rm_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, const char *device_path,
@@ -2706,7 +2708,7 @@ int btrfs_init_new_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, const char *device_path
 	btrfs_forget_devices(device_path);
 
 	/* Update ctime/mtime for blkid or udev */
-	update_dev_time(device_path);
+	update_dev_time(bdev);
 
 	return ret;