diff --git a/fs/btrfs/send.c b/fs/btrfs/send.c
index e8e9f35..1ac3ca9 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/send.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/send.c
@@ -4436,6 +4436,9 @@
 	p = fs_path_alloc();
 	if (!p)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	ret = get_cur_path(sctx, sctx->cur_ino, sctx->cur_inode_gen, p);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto tlv_put_failure;
 	memset(sctx->read_buf, 0, BTRFS_SEND_READ_SIZE);
 	while (offset < end) {
 		len = min_t(u64, end - offset, BTRFS_SEND_READ_SIZE);
@@ -4443,9 +4446,6 @@
 		ret = begin_cmd(sctx, BTRFS_SEND_C_WRITE);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			break;
-		ret = get_cur_path(sctx, sctx->cur_ino, sctx->cur_inode_gen, p);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			break;
 		TLV_PUT_PATH(sctx, BTRFS_SEND_A_PATH, p);
 		TLV_PUT_U64(sctx, BTRFS_SEND_A_FILE_OFFSET, offset);
 		TLV_PUT(sctx, BTRFS_SEND_A_DATA, sctx->read_buf, len);