diff --git a/fs/btrfs/send.c b/fs/btrfs/send.c
index dd38dfe174df..ca30b1f06e2d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/send.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/send.c
@@ -4999,6 +4999,12 @@ static int send_hole(struct send_ctx *sctx, u64 end)
 	if (offset >= sctx->cur_inode_size)
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * Don't go beyond the inode's i_size due to prealloc extents that start
+	 * after the i_size.
+	 */
+	end = min_t(u64, end, sctx->cur_inode_size);
+
 	if (sctx->flags & BTRFS_SEND_FLAG_NO_FILE_DATA)
 		return send_update_extent(sctx, offset, end - offset);