diff --git a/fs/btrfs/send.c b/fs/btrfs/send.c
index e225530d3ebb..329ccd6f2759 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/send.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/send.c
@@ -5521,9 +5521,7 @@ static int send_encoded_inline_extent(struct send_ctx *sctx,
 				      struct btrfs_path *path, u64 offset,
 				      u64 len)
 {
-	struct btrfs_root *root = sctx->send_root;
-	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = root->fs_info;
-	struct inode *inode;
+	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = sctx->send_root->fs_info;
 	struct fs_path *fspath;
 	struct extent_buffer *leaf = path->nodes[0];
 	struct btrfs_key key;
@@ -5532,10 +5530,6 @@ static int send_encoded_inline_extent(struct send_ctx *sctx,
 	size_t inline_size;
 	int ret;
 
-	inode = btrfs_iget(sctx->cur_ino, root);
-	if (IS_ERR(inode))
-		return PTR_ERR(inode);
-
 	fspath = get_cur_inode_path(sctx);
 	if (IS_ERR(fspath)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(fspath);
@@ -5574,7 +5568,6 @@ static int send_encoded_inline_extent(struct send_ctx *sctx,
 
 tlv_put_failure:
 out:
-	iput(inode);
 	return ret;
 }