diff --git a/fs/btrfs/backref.c b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
index 0d7ae20e39c9..ab4bad7dfa6e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/backref.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ static int check_extent_in_eb(struct btrfs_backref_walk_ctx *ctx,
 	int root_count;
 	bool cached;
 
-	if (!btrfs_file_extent_compression(eb, fi) &&
+	if (!ctx->ignore_extent_item_pos &&
+	    !btrfs_file_extent_compression(eb, fi) &&
 	    !btrfs_file_extent_encryption(eb, fi) &&
 	    !btrfs_file_extent_other_encoding(eb, fi)) {
 		u64 data_offset;
@@ -552,7 +553,7 @@ static int add_all_parents(struct btrfs_backref_walk_ctx *ctx,
 				count++;
 			else
 				goto next;
-			if (!ctx->ignore_extent_item_pos) {
+			if (!ctx->skip_inode_ref_list) {
 				ret = check_extent_in_eb(ctx, &key, eb, fi, &eie);
 				if (ret == BTRFS_ITERATE_EXTENT_INODES_STOP ||
 				    ret < 0)
@@ -564,7 +565,7 @@ static int add_all_parents(struct btrfs_backref_walk_ctx *ctx,
 						  eie, (void **)&old, GFP_NOFS);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				break;
-			if (!ret && !ctx->ignore_extent_item_pos) {
+			if (!ret && !ctx->skip_inode_ref_list) {
 				while (old->next)
 					old = old->next;
 				old->next = eie;
@@ -1598,7 +1599,7 @@ again:
 				goto out;
 		}
 		if (ref->count && ref->parent) {
-			if (!ctx->ignore_extent_item_pos && !ref->inode_list &&
+			if (!ctx->skip_inode_ref_list && !ref->inode_list &&
 			    ref->level == 0) {
 				struct btrfs_tree_parent_check check = { 0 };
 				struct extent_buffer *eb;
@@ -1639,7 +1640,7 @@ again:
 						  (void **)&eie, GFP_NOFS);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				goto out;
-			if (!ret && !ctx->ignore_extent_item_pos) {
+			if (!ret && !ctx->skip_inode_ref_list) {
 				/*
 				 * We've recorded that parent, so we must extend
 				 * its inode list here.
@@ -1735,7 +1736,7 @@ int btrfs_find_all_leafs(struct btrfs_backref_walk_ctx *ctx)
 static int btrfs_find_all_roots_safe(struct btrfs_backref_walk_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	const u64 orig_bytenr = ctx->bytenr;
-	const bool orig_ignore_extent_item_pos = ctx->ignore_extent_item_pos;
+	const bool orig_skip_inode_ref_list = ctx->skip_inode_ref_list;
 	bool roots_ulist_allocated = false;
 	struct ulist_iterator uiter;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -1756,7 +1757,7 @@ static int btrfs_find_all_roots_safe(struct btrfs_backref_walk_ctx *ctx)
 		roots_ulist_allocated = true;
 	}
 
-	ctx->ignore_extent_item_pos = true;
+	ctx->skip_inode_ref_list = true;
 
 	ULIST_ITER_INIT(&uiter);
 	while (1) {
@@ -1781,7 +1782,7 @@ static int btrfs_find_all_roots_safe(struct btrfs_backref_walk_ctx *ctx)
 	ulist_free(ctx->refs);
 	ctx->refs = NULL;
 	ctx->bytenr = orig_bytenr;
-	ctx->ignore_extent_item_pos = orig_ignore_extent_item_pos;
+	ctx->skip_inode_ref_list = orig_skip_inode_ref_list;
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1885,7 +1886,7 @@ int btrfs_is_data_extent_shared(struct btrfs_inode *inode, u64 bytenr,
 		walk_ctx.time_seq = elem.seq;
 	}
 
-	walk_ctx.ignore_extent_item_pos = true;
+	walk_ctx.skip_inode_ref_list = true;
 	walk_ctx.trans = trans;
 	walk_ctx.fs_info = fs_info;
 	walk_ctx.refs = &ctx->refs;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/backref.h b/fs/btrfs/backref.h
index ef6bbea3f456..1616e3e3f1e4 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/backref.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/backref.h
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ struct btrfs_backref_walk_ctx {
 	 * @extent_item_pos is ignored.
 	 */
 	bool ignore_extent_item_pos;
+	/*
+	 * If true and bytenr corresponds to a data extent, then the inode list
+	 * (each member describing inode number, file offset and root) is not
+	 * added to each reference added to the @refs ulist.
+	 */
+	bool skip_inode_ref_list;
 	/* A valid transaction handle or NULL. */
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/relocation.c b/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
index 31ec4a7658ce..4f96a4825795 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
@@ -3422,7 +3422,7 @@ int add_data_references(struct reloc_control *rc,
 	btrfs_release_path(path);
 
 	ctx.bytenr = extent_key->objectid;
-	ctx.ignore_extent_item_pos = true;
+	ctx.skip_inode_ref_list = true;
 	ctx.fs_info = rc->extent_root->fs_info;
 
 	ret = btrfs_find_all_leafs(&ctx);