diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 3cd5286572d4..02bf2fbe3e84 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -5427,18 +5427,20 @@ static struct btrfs_trans_handle *evict_refill_and_join(struct btrfs_root *root,
 
 void btrfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
+	const bool in_send = (current->journal_info == BTRFS_SEND_TRANS_STUB);
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = btrfs_sb(inode->i_sb);
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 	struct btrfs_block_rsv *rsv;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (in_send)
+		current->journal_info = NULL;
+
 	trace_btrfs_inode_evict(inode);
 
-	if (!root) {
-		clear_inode(inode);
-		return;
-	}
+	if (!root)
+		goto out;
 
 	evict_inode_truncate_pages(inode);
 
@@ -5518,7 +5520,11 @@ void btrfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	 * to retry these periodically in the future.
 	 */
 	btrfs_remove_delayed_node(BTRFS_I(inode));
+out:
 	clear_inode(inode);
+	if (in_send)
+		current->journal_info = BTRFS_SEND_TRANS_STUB;
+
 }
 
 /*