diff --git a/tests/src/parallel_restore.c b/tests/src/parallel_restore.c
index 3036bea9..a9f99350 100644
--- a/tests/src/parallel_restore.c
+++ b/tests/src/parallel_restore.c
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ static struct gen_inode *generate_inode(struct opts *opts, u64 ino, mode_t mode)
 
 	gino->inode = (struct scoutfs_parallel_restore_inode) {
 		.ino = ino,
+		.meta_seq = ino,
+		.data_seq = 0,
 		.mode = mode,
 		.atime = now,
 		.ctime = now,
diff --git a/utils/src/parallel_restore.c b/utils/src/parallel_restore.c
index 813a7e8b..b7165dd4 100644
--- a/utils/src/parallel_restore.c
+++ b/utils/src/parallel_restore.c
@@ -804,8 +804,8 @@ static spr_err_t insert_inode_items(struct scoutfs_parallel_restore_writer *wri,
 	si = bti->val;
 
 	si->size = 0;
-	si->meta_seq = cpu_to_le64(inode->ino);
-	si->data_seq = 0;
+	si->meta_seq = cpu_to_le64(inode->meta_seq);
+	si->data_seq = cpu_to_le64(inode->data_seq);
 	si->data_version = 0;
 	si->online_blocks = 0;
 	si->offline_blocks = 0;
@@ -835,7 +835,6 @@ static spr_err_t insert_inode_items(struct scoutfs_parallel_restore_writer *wri,
 	if (S_ISREG(inode->mode)) {
 		si->size = cpu_to_le64(inode->size);
 		si->data_version = cpu_to_le64(inode->data_version);
-		si->data_seq = cpu_to_le64(inode->ino);
 
 		err = insert_inode_index_item(wri, SCOUTFS_INODE_INDEX_DATA_SEQ_TYPE,
 					      le64_to_cpu(si->data_seq), inode->ino);
diff --git a/utils/src/parallel_restore.h b/utils/src/parallel_restore.h
index 3030aa98..075c71ae 100644
--- a/utils/src/parallel_restore.h
+++ b/utils/src/parallel_restore.h
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ struct scoutfs_parallel_restore_xattr {
 struct scoutfs_parallel_restore_inode {
 	/* all inodes */
 	u64 ino;
+	u64 meta_seq;
+	u64 data_seq;
 	u64 nr_xattrs;
 	u32 uid;
 	u32 gid;