diff --git a/fs/btrfs/send.c b/fs/btrfs/send.c
index 0dc05bb856ff..3d6a4dde8fe4 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/send.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/send.c
@@ -3534,7 +3534,8 @@ static int wait_for_parent_move(struct send_ctx *sctx,
 			ret = is_ancestor(sctx->parent_root,
 					  sctx->cur_ino, sctx->cur_inode_gen,
 					  ino, path_before);
-			break;
+			if (ret)
+				break;
 		}
 
 		fs_path_reset(path_before);