diff --git a/fs/btrfs/send.c b/fs/btrfs/send.c
index 0efc2e2f253cb19ba5daa78117272bc8d13d9e73..f8f8b1f3bb2beff219bfe72cc7775d4d75548419 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/send.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/send.c
@@ -2538,7 +2538,8 @@ static int did_create_dir(struct send_ctx *sctx, u64 dir)
 		di = btrfs_item_ptr(eb, slot, struct btrfs_dir_item);
 		btrfs_dir_item_key_to_cpu(eb, di, &di_key);
 
-		if (di_key.objectid < sctx->send_progress) {
+		if (di_key.type != BTRFS_ROOT_ITEM_KEY &&
+		    di_key.objectid < sctx->send_progress) {
 			ret = 1;
 			goto out;
 		}