diff --git a/fs/btrfs/send.c b/fs/btrfs/send.c
index 2c35717a3470..baf5a4cd7ffc 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/send.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/send.c
@@ -5008,6 +5008,9 @@ static int send_hole(struct send_ctx *sctx, u64 end)
 	u64 len;
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	if (sctx->flags & BTRFS_SEND_FLAG_NO_FILE_DATA)
+		return send_update_extent(sctx, offset, end - offset);
+
 	p = fs_path_alloc();
 	if (!p)
 		return -ENOMEM;