diff --git a/cmds-filesystem.c b/cmds-filesystem.c
index f16e5869..7eaccb9f 100644
--- a/cmds-filesystem.c
+++ b/cmds-filesystem.c
@@ -713,6 +713,22 @@ static int find_and_copy_seed(struct btrfs_fs_devices *seed,
 	return 1;
 }
 
+static int has_seed_devices(struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices)
+{
+	struct btrfs_device *device;
+	int dev_cnt_total, dev_cnt = 0;
+
+	device = list_first_entry(&fs_devices->devices, struct btrfs_device,
+				  dev_list);
+
+	dev_cnt_total = device->total_devs;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(device, &fs_devices->devices, dev_list)
+		dev_cnt++;
+
+	return dev_cnt_total != dev_cnt;
+}
+
 static int search_umounted_fs_uuids(struct list_head *all_uuids,
 				    char *search)
 {
@@ -774,6 +790,11 @@ static int map_seed_devices(struct list_head *all_uuids)
 						struct btrfs_device, dev_list);
 		if (!device)
 			continue;
+
+		/* skip fs without seeds */
+		if (!has_seed_devices(cur_fs))
+			continue;
+
 		/*
 		 * open_ctree_* detects seed/sprout mapping
 		 */
@@ -944,8 +965,8 @@ devs_only:
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * scan_for_btrfs() don't build seed/sprout mapping,
-	 * do mapping build for each scanned fs here
+	 * The seed/sprout mapping are not detected yet,
+	 * do mapping build for all umounted fs
 	 */
 	ret = map_seed_devices(&all_uuids);
 	if (ret) {