diff --git a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
index a69dce114c5b..3338e2e7a9a0 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
@@ -2858,6 +2858,10 @@ int btrfs_scrub_dev(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 devid, u64 start,
 	unsigned int nofs_flag;
 	bool need_commit = false;
 
+	/* Set the basic fallback @last_physical before we got a sctx. */
+	if (progress)
+		progress->last_physical = start;
+
 	if (btrfs_fs_closing(fs_info))
 		return -EAGAIN;
 
@@ -2876,6 +2880,7 @@ int btrfs_scrub_dev(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 devid, u64 start,
 	sctx = scrub_setup_ctx(fs_info, is_dev_replace);
 	if (IS_ERR(sctx))
 		return PTR_ERR(sctx);
+	sctx->stat.last_physical = start;
 
 	ret = scrub_workers_get(fs_info);
 	if (ret)