diff --git a/fs/btrfs/send.c b/fs/btrfs/send.c
index 63a6152be04b..c5bbb5300658 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/send.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/send.c
@@ -1648,6 +1648,9 @@ static int is_inode_existent(struct send_ctx *sctx, u64 ino, u64 gen)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	if (ino == BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID)
+		return 1;
+
 	ret = get_cur_inode_state(sctx, ino, gen);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out;
@@ -1833,7 +1836,7 @@ static int will_overwrite_ref(struct send_ctx *sctx, u64 dir, u64 dir_gen,
 	 * not delted and then re-created, if it was then we have no overwrite
 	 * and we can just unlink this entry.
 	 */
-	if (sctx->parent_root) {
+	if (sctx->parent_root && dir != BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID) {
 		ret = get_inode_info(sctx->parent_root, dir, NULL, &gen, NULL,
 				     NULL, NULL, NULL);
 		if (ret < 0 && ret != -ENOENT)