diff --git a/cmds/receive-dump.c b/cmds/receive-dump.c
index df5991e1..92e0a4c9 100644
--- a/cmds/receive-dump.c
+++ b/cmds/receive-dump.c
@@ -339,9 +339,9 @@ static int print_fallocate(const char *path, int mode, u64 offset, u64 len,
 			  mode, offset, len);
 }
 
-static int print_setflags(const char *path, int flags, void *user)
+static int print_fileattr(const char *path, u64 attr, void *user)
 {
-	return PRINT_DUMP(user, path, "setflags", "flags=%d", flags);
+	return PRINT_DUMP(user, path, "fileattr", "fileattr=0x%llu", attr);
 }
 
 struct btrfs_send_ops btrfs_print_send_ops = {
@@ -368,5 +368,5 @@ struct btrfs_send_ops btrfs_print_send_ops = {
 	.update_extent = print_update_extent,
 	.encoded_write = print_encoded_write,
 	.fallocate = print_fallocate,
-	.setflags = print_setflags,
+	.fileattr = print_fileattr,
 };
diff --git a/cmds/receive.c b/cmds/receive.c
index 9450ca51..aec32458 100644
--- a/cmds/receive.c
+++ b/cmds/receive.c
@@ -1309,7 +1309,7 @@ static int process_fallocate(const char *path, int mode, u64 offset, u64 len,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int process_setflags(const char *path, int flags, void *user)
+static int process_fileattr(const char *path, u64 attr, void *user)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct btrfs_receive *rctx = user;
@@ -1317,16 +1317,17 @@ static int process_setflags(const char *path, int flags, void *user)
 
 	ret = path_cat_out(full_path, rctx->full_subvol_path, path);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		error("setflags: path invalid: %s", path);
+		error("fileattr: path invalid: %s", path);
 		return ret;
 	}
 	ret = open_inode_for_write(rctx, full_path);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
-	ret = ioctl(rctx->write_fd, FS_IOC_SETFLAGS, &flags);
+	ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	/* ret = ioctl(rctx->write_fd, FS_IOC_SETFLAGS, &flags); */
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		ret = -errno;
-		error("setflags: setflags ioctl on %s failed: %m", path);
+		error("fileattr: set file attributes on %s failed: %m", path);
 		return ret;
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -1356,7 +1357,7 @@ static struct btrfs_send_ops send_ops = {
 	.update_extent = process_update_extent,
 	.encoded_write = process_encoded_write,
 	.fallocate = process_fallocate,
-	.setflags = process_setflags,
+	.fileattr = process_fileattr,
 };
 
 static int do_receive(struct btrfs_receive *rctx, const char *tomnt,
diff --git a/common/send-stream.c b/common/send-stream.c
index 0fc93463..96d1aa21 100644
--- a/common/send-stream.c
+++ b/common/send-stream.c
@@ -372,10 +372,10 @@ static int read_and_process_cmd(struct btrfs_send_stream *sctx)
 	u64 unencoded_file_len;
 	u64 unencoded_len;
 	u64 unencoded_offset;
+	u64 fileattr;
 	int len;
 	int xattr_len;
 	int fallocate_mode;
-	int setflags_flags;
 
 	ret = read_cmd(sctx);
 	if (ret)
@@ -548,10 +548,10 @@ static int read_and_process_cmd(struct btrfs_send_stream *sctx)
 		ret = sctx->ops->fallocate(path, fallocate_mode, offset, tmp,
 					   sctx->user);
 		break;
-	case BTRFS_SEND_C_SETFLAGS:
+	case BTRFS_SEND_C_FILEATTR:
 		TLV_GET_STRING(sctx, BTRFS_SEND_A_PATH, &path);
-		TLV_GET_U32(sctx, BTRFS_SEND_A_SETFLAGS_FLAGS, &setflags_flags);
-		ret = sctx->ops->setflags(path, setflags_flags, sctx->user);
+		TLV_GET_U32(sctx, BTRFS_SEND_A_FILEATTR, &fileattr);
+		ret = sctx->ops->fileattr(path, fileattr, sctx->user);
 		break;
 	}
 
diff --git a/common/send-stream.h b/common/send-stream.h
index 3189f889..b5973b66 100644
--- a/common/send-stream.h
+++ b/common/send-stream.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ struct btrfs_send_ops {
 			     u32 encryption, void *user);
 	int (*fallocate)(const char *path, int mode, u64 offset, u64 len,
 			 void *user);
-	int (*setflags)(const char *path, int flags, void *user);
+	int (*fileattr)(const char *path, u64 attr, void *user);
 };
 
 int btrfs_read_and_process_send_stream(int fd,
diff --git a/kernel-shared/send.h b/kernel-shared/send.h
index 1378c72b..0236d9fd 100644
--- a/kernel-shared/send.h
+++ b/kernel-shared/send.h
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ enum btrfs_send_cmd {
 
 	/* Version 2 */
 	BTRFS_SEND_C_FALLOCATE		= 23,
-	BTRFS_SEND_C_SETFLAGS		= 24,
+	BTRFS_SEND_C_FILEATTR		= 24,
 	BTRFS_SEND_C_ENCODED_WRITE	= 25,
 	BTRFS_SEND_C_MAX_V2		= 25,
 
@@ -151,7 +151,13 @@ enum {
 	/* Version 2 */
 	BTRFS_SEND_A_FALLOCATE_MODE	= 25,
 
-	BTRFS_SEND_A_SETFLAGS_FLAGS	= 26,
+	/*
+	 * File attributes from the FS_*_FL namespace (i_flags, xflags),
+	 * translated to BTRFS_INODE_* bits (BTRFS_INODE_FLAG_MASK) and stored
+	 * in btrfs_inode_item::flags (represented by btrfs_inode::flags and
+	 * btrfs_inode::ro_flags).
+	 */
+	BTRFS_SEND_A_FILEATTR		= 26,
 
 	BTRFS_SEND_A_UNENCODED_FILE_LEN	= 27,
 	BTRFS_SEND_A_UNENCODED_LEN	= 28,