diff --git a/tests/btrfs/178 b/tests/btrfs/178
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e277fbee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/btrfs/178
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# Copyright (C) 2017 SUSE Linux Products GmbH. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# FS QA Test No. btrfs/178
+#
+# Test an incremental send operation in a scenario where the relationship of
+# ancestor-descendant between multiple directories is inversed, and where
+# multiple directories that were previously ancestors of another directory now
+# become descendents of multiple directories that used to be their ancestors in
+# the parent snapshot. This used to trigger an infinite loop in the kernel code.
+#
+seq=`basename $0`
+seqres=$RESULT_DIR/$seq
+echo "QA output created by $seq"
+
+tmp=/tmp/$$
+status=1	# failure is the default!
+trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
+
+_cleanup()
+{
+	cd /
+	rm -fr $send_files_dir
+	rm -f $tmp.*
+}
+
+# get standard environment, filters and checks
+. ./common/rc
+. ./common/filter
+
+# real QA test starts here
+_supported_fs btrfs
+_supported_os Linux
+_require_test
+_require_scratch
+_require_fssum
+
+send_files_dir=$TEST_DIR/btrfs-test-$seq
+
+rm -f $seqres.full
+rm -fr $send_files_dir
+mkdir $send_files_dir
+
+_scratch_mkfs >>$seqres.full 2>&1
+_scratch_mount
+
+# The name of each directory corresponds to its inode number, to make it easier
+# to debug since btrfs' send processes inodes in ascending order according to
+# their number.
+mkdir $SCRATCH_MNT/257
+mkdir $SCRATCH_MNT/258
+mv $SCRATCH_MNT/257 $SCRATCH_MNT/258/257
+mkdir $SCRATCH_MNT/259
+mkdir $SCRATCH_MNT/260
+mkdir $SCRATCH_MNT/261
+mkdir $SCRATCH_MNT/262
+mkdir $SCRATCH_MNT/263
+mkdir $SCRATCH_MNT/264
+mv $SCRATCH_MNT/258 $SCRATCH_MNT/264/258
+mkdir $SCRATCH_MNT/265
+mkdir $SCRATCH_MNT/266
+mv $SCRATCH_MNT/259 $SCRATCH_MNT/266/259
+mv $SCRATCH_MNT/260 $SCRATCH_MNT/266/260
+mv $SCRATCH_MNT/264 $SCRATCH_MNT/266/264
+mv $SCRATCH_MNT/265 $SCRATCH_MNT/266/265
+mkdir $SCRATCH_MNT/266/260/267
+mkdir $SCRATCH_MNT/266/268
+mkdir $SCRATCH_MNT/266/269
+mv $SCRATCH_MNT/262 $SCRATCH_MNT/266/269/262
+mkdir $SCRATCH_MNT/266/270
+mkdir $SCRATCH_MNT/271
+mv $SCRATCH_MNT/266 $SCRATCH_MNT/271/266
+mkdir $SCRATCH_MNT/271/266/272
+mv $SCRATCH_MNT/263 $SCRATCH_MNT/271/266/272/263
+mkdir $SCRATCH_MNT/273
+mkdir $SCRATCH_MNT/271/266/274
+mv $SCRATCH_MNT/273 $SCRATCH_MNT/271/266/274/273
+mkdir $SCRATCH_MNT/271/266/272/275
+mv $SCRATCH_MNT/271 $SCRATCH_MNT/261/271
+
+# Filesystem looks like:
+#
+# .
+# |--- 261/
+#       |--- 271/
+#             |--- 266/
+#                   |--- 259/
+#                   |--- 260/
+#                   |     |--- 267
+#                   |
+#                   |--- 264/
+#                   |     |--- 258/
+#                   |           |--- 257/
+#                   |
+#                   |--- 265/
+#                   |--- 268/
+#                   |--- 269/
+#                   |     |--- 262/
+#                   |
+#                   |--- 270/
+#                   |--- 272/
+#                   |     |--- 263/
+#                   |     |--- 275/
+#                   |
+#                   |--- 274/
+#                         |--- 273/
+#
+$BTRFS_UTIL_PROG subvolume snapshot -r $SCRATCH_MNT \
+	$SCRATCH_MNT/mysnap1 > /dev/null
+
+$BTRFS_UTIL_PROG send -f $send_files_dir/1.snap \
+	$SCRATCH_MNT/mysnap1 2>&1 1>/dev/null | _filter_scratch
+
+mv $SCRATCH_MNT/261/271/266/272/275 $SCRATCH_MNT/275
+mv $SCRATCH_MNT/261/271/266/274 $SCRATCH_MNT/275/274
+mv $SCRATCH_MNT/261/271/266/269/262 $SCRATCH_MNT/275/274/273/262
+mv $SCRATCH_MNT/261/271/266/269 $SCRATCH_MNT/275/274/273/262/269
+mv $SCRATCH_MNT/261/271/266/264/258/257 $SCRATCH_MNT/261/271/266/272
+mv $SCRATCH_MNT/261/271/266/264/258 $SCRATCH_MNT/275/274/273/262/269/258
+mv $SCRATCH_MNT/261/271 $SCRATCH_MNT/275/274/273/262/269/258/271
+mv $SCRATCH_MNT/275/274/273/262/269/258/271/266/268 \
+	$SCRATCH_MNT/275/274/273/262/269/258/271/268
+mv $SCRATCH_MNT/275/274/273/262/269/258/271/266/260/267 \
+	$SCRATCH_MNT/275/274/273/262/269/258/271/268/267
+mv $SCRATCH_MNT/275/274/273/262/269/258/271/266/270 \
+	$SCRATCH_MNT/275/274/273/262/269/258/271/268/267/270
+mv $SCRATCH_MNT/275/274/273/262/269/258/271/266/265 \
+	$SCRATCH_MNT/275/274/273/262/269/258/271/266/259/265
+mv $SCRATCH_MNT/275/274/273/262/269/258/271/266/259 \
+	$SCRATCH_MNT/275/274/273/262/269/258/271/268/267/270/259
+mv $SCRATCH_MNT/275/274/273/262/269/258/271/266/272/263 \
+	$SCRATCH_MNT/275/274/273/262/269/258/271/266/264/263
+mv $SCRATCH_MNT/275/274/273/262/269/258/271/266/272 \
+	$SCRATCH_MNT/275/274/273/262/269/258/271/268/267/270/272
+mv $SCRATCH_MNT/275/274/273/262/269/258/271/266/260 \
+	$SCRATCH_MNT/275/274/273/262/269/258/271/268/267/270/272/257/260
+mv $SCRATCH_MNT/275/274/273/262/269/258/271/266/264 \
+	$SCRATCH_MNT/275/274/273/262/269/258/271/268/267/270/272/257/264
+mv $SCRATCH_MNT/261 \
+	$SCRATCH_MNT/275/274/273/262/269/258/271/268/267/270/272/257/264/263/261
+mv $SCRATCH_MNT/275/274/273/262/269/258/271/266 \
+	$SCRATCH_MNT/275/274/273/262/269/258/271/268/267/270/272/257/264/263/261/266
+
+# Filesystem now looks like:
+#
+# .
+# |-- 275/
+#      |-- 274/
+#           |-- 273/
+#                |-- 262/
+#                     |-- 269/
+#                          |-- 258/
+#                               |-- 271/
+#                                    |-- 268/
+#                                         |-- 267/
+#                                              |-- 270/
+#                                                   |-- 259/
+#                                                   |    |-- 265/
+#                                                   |
+#                                                   |-- 272/
+#                                                        |-- 257/
+#                                                             |-- 260/
+#                                                             |-- 264/
+#                                                                  |-- 263/
+#                                                                       |-- 261/
+#                                                                            |-- 266/
+#
+$BTRFS_UTIL_PROG subvolume snapshot -r $SCRATCH_MNT \
+		 $SCRATCH_MNT/mysnap2 > /dev/null
+$BTRFS_UTIL_PROG send -p $SCRATCH_MNT/mysnap1 -f $send_files_dir/2.snap \
+		 $SCRATCH_MNT/mysnap2 2>&1 1>/dev/null | _filter_scratch
+
+$FSSUM_PROG -A -f -w $send_files_dir/1.fssum $SCRATCH_MNT/mysnap1
+$FSSUM_PROG -A -f -w $send_files_dir/2.fssum \
+	-x $SCRATCH_MNT/mysnap2/mysnap1 $SCRATCH_MNT/mysnap2
+
+# Now recreate the filesystem by receiving both send streams and verify we get
+# the same content that the original filesystem had.
+_scratch_unmount
+_scratch_mkfs >>$seqres.full 2>&1
+_scratch_mount
+
+$BTRFS_UTIL_PROG receive -f $send_files_dir/1.snap $SCRATCH_MNT > /dev/null
+$BTRFS_UTIL_PROG receive -f $send_files_dir/2.snap $SCRATCH_MNT > /dev/null
+$FSSUM_PROG -r $send_files_dir/1.fssum $SCRATCH_MNT/mysnap1
+$FSSUM_PROG -r $send_files_dir/2.fssum $SCRATCH_MNT/mysnap2
+
+status=0
+exit
diff --git a/tests/btrfs/178.out b/tests/btrfs/178.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..575ac457
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/btrfs/178.out
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+QA output created by 178
+At subvol SCRATCH_MNT/mysnap1
+At subvol SCRATCH_MNT/mysnap2
+At subvol mysnap1
+OK
+OK
diff --git a/tests/btrfs/group b/tests/btrfs/group
index 24c4fb35..b78ed37f 100644
--- a/tests/btrfs/group
+++ b/tests/btrfs/group
@@ -180,3 +180,4 @@
 175 auto quick swap volume
 176 auto quick swap volume
 177 auto quick swap balance
+178 auto quick send
