diff --git a/fs/btrfs/send.c b/fs/btrfs/send.c
index 571de5a08fe7..00cb924884f5 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/send.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/send.c
@@ -3610,10 +3610,27 @@ verbose_printk("btrfs: process_recorded_refs %llu\n", sctx->cur_ino);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				goto out;
 			if (ret) {
+				struct name_cache_entry *nce;
+
 				ret = orphanize_inode(sctx, ow_inode, ow_gen,
 						cur->full_path);
 				if (ret < 0)
 					goto out;
+				/*
+				 * Make sure we clear our orphanized inode's
+				 * name from the name cache. This is because the
+				 * inode ow_inode might be an ancestor of some
+				 * other inode that will be orphanized as well
+				 * later and has an inode number greater than
+				 * sctx->send_progress. We need to prevent
+				 * future name lookups from using the old name
+				 * and get instead the orphan name.
+				 */
+				nce = name_cache_search(sctx, ow_inode, ow_gen);
+				if (nce) {
+					name_cache_delete(sctx, nce);
+					kfree(nce);
+				}
 			} else {
 				ret = send_unlink(sctx, cur->full_path);
 				if (ret < 0)