diff --git a/fs/btrfs/send.c b/fs/btrfs/send.c
index c76400dda4df1d686cd9780465e4e4a2c9f4bc89..98e9e0cf7e8e4959323f83753c9b834bbdfc9bdb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/send.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/send.c
@@ -1693,10 +1693,12 @@ static int get_first_ref(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 ino,
 		goto out;
 	btrfs_release_path(path);
 
-	ret = get_inode_info(root, parent_dir, NULL, dir_gen, NULL, NULL,
-			NULL, NULL);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto out;
+	if (dir_gen) {
+		ret = get_inode_info(root, parent_dir, NULL, dir_gen, NULL,
+				     NULL, NULL, NULL);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			goto out;
+	}
 
 	*dir = parent_dir;
 
@@ -1712,13 +1714,12 @@ static int is_first_ref(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	int ret;
 	struct fs_path *tmp_name;
 	u64 tmp_dir;
-	u64 tmp_dir_gen;
 
 	tmp_name = fs_path_alloc();
 	if (!tmp_name)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	ret = get_first_ref(root, ino, &tmp_dir, &tmp_dir_gen, tmp_name);
+	ret = get_first_ref(root, ino, &tmp_dir, NULL, tmp_name);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out;