diff --git a/rsync.c b/rsync.c
index f103e3cd..789aa61d 100644
--- a/rsync.c
+++ b/rsync.c
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ int read_ndx_and_attrs(int f_in, int f_out, int *iflag_ptr,
 			exit_cleanup(RERR_PROTOCOL);
 		}
 	} else if (f_out >= 0) {
+		if (inc_recurse)
+			send_extra_file_list(f_out, FILECNT_LOOKAHEAD);
 		write_ndx_and_attrs(f_out, ndx, iflags,
 				    fnamecmp_type, buf, len);
 	}
diff --git a/rsync.h b/rsync.h
index 0fcc7972..a6d51377 100644
--- a/rsync.h
+++ b/rsync.h
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@
 #define OLD_PROTOCOL_VERSION 25
 #define MAX_PROTOCOL_VERSION 40
 
+#define FILECNT_LOOKAHEAD 1000
+
 #define RSYNC_PORT 873
 
 #define SPARSE_WRITE_SIZE (1024)
diff --git a/sender.c b/sender.c
index cab7e235..1c81ec1d 100644
--- a/sender.c
+++ b/sender.c
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ extern int write_batch;
 extern struct stats stats;
 extern struct file_list *cur_flist, *first_flist;
 
-#define FILECNT_LOOKAHEAD 1000
-
 /**
  * @file
  *
@@ -203,9 +201,6 @@ void send_files(int f_in, int f_out)
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (inc_recurse)
-			send_extra_file_list(f_out, FILECNT_LOOKAHEAD);
-
 		file = cur_flist->files[ndx - cur_flist->ndx_start];
 		if (F_ROOTDIR(file)) {
 			path = F_ROOTDIR(file);