diff --git a/common/send-stream.c b/common/send-stream.c
index e9be922b..f87d8043 100644
--- a/common/send-stream.c
+++ b/common/send-stream.c
@@ -24,13 +24,23 @@
 #include "crypto/crc32c.h"
 #include "common/utils.h"
 
+struct btrfs_send_attribute {
+	u16 tlv_type;
+	/*
+	 * Note: in btrfs_tlv_header, this is __le16, but we need 32 bits for
+	 * attributes with file data as of version 2 of the send stream format.
+	 */
+	u32 tlv_len;
+	char *data;
+};
+
 struct btrfs_send_stream {
 	char read_buf[BTRFS_SEND_BUF_SIZE];
 	int fd;
 
 	int cmd;
 	struct btrfs_cmd_header *cmd_hdr;
-	struct btrfs_tlv_header *cmd_attrs[BTRFS_SEND_A_MAX + 1];
+	struct btrfs_send_attribute cmd_attrs[BTRFS_SEND_A_MAX + 1];
 	u32 version;
 
 	/*
@@ -152,6 +162,7 @@ static int read_cmd(struct btrfs_send_stream *sctx)
 		struct btrfs_tlv_header *tlv_hdr;
 		u16 tlv_type;
 		u16 tlv_len;
+		struct btrfs_send_attribute *send_attr;
 
 		tlv_hdr = (struct btrfs_tlv_header *)data;
 		tlv_type = le16_to_cpu(tlv_hdr->tlv_type);
@@ -164,10 +175,15 @@ static int read_cmd(struct btrfs_send_stream *sctx)
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		sctx->cmd_attrs[tlv_type] = tlv_hdr;
+		send_attr = &sctx->cmd_attrs[tlv_type];
+		send_attr->tlv_type = tlv_type;
+		send_attr->tlv_len = tlv_len;
+		pos += sizeof(*tlv_hdr);
+		data += sizeof(*tlv_hdr);
 
-		data += sizeof(*tlv_hdr) + tlv_len;
-		pos += sizeof(*tlv_hdr) + tlv_len;
+		send_attr->data = data;
+		pos += send_attr->tlv_len;
+		data += send_attr->tlv_len;
 	}
 
 	sctx->cmd = cmd;
@@ -180,7 +196,7 @@ out:
 static int tlv_get(struct btrfs_send_stream *sctx, int attr, void **data, int *len)
 {
 	int ret;
-	struct btrfs_tlv_header *hdr;
+	struct btrfs_send_attribute *send_attr;
 
 	if (attr <= 0 || attr > BTRFS_SEND_A_MAX) {
 		error("invalid attribute requested, attr = %d", attr);
@@ -188,15 +204,15 @@ static int tlv_get(struct btrfs_send_stream *sctx, int attr, void **data, int *l
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	hdr = sctx->cmd_attrs[attr];
-	if (!hdr) {
+	send_attr = &sctx->cmd_attrs[attr];
+	if (!send_attr->data) {
 		error("attribute %d requested but not present", attr);
 		ret = -ENOENT;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	*len = le16_to_cpu(hdr->tlv_len);
-	*data = hdr + 1;
+	*len = send_attr->tlv_len;
+	*data = send_attr->data;
 
 	ret = 0;