diff --git a/btrbk b/btrbk
index 3321c72..d9dddb8 100755
--- a/btrbk
+++ b/btrbk
@@ -3517,6 +3517,7 @@ sub get_receive_targets($$;@)
   my @ret;
 
   my @correlated = _correlated_nodes($droot->{node}, $src_vol->{node});
+  my $unexpected;
   foreach (@correlated) {
     my $vinfo = vinfo_resolved($_, $droot); # returns undef if not below $droot
     if(exists($_->{BTRBK_RAW})) {
@@ -3530,7 +3531,7 @@ sub get_receive_targets($$;@)
     }
     else {
       TRACE "get_receive_targets: skip unexpected match: " . _fs_path($_) if($do_trace);
-      ${$opts{ret_unexpected}} = 1 if($opts{ret_unexpected});
+      $unexpected = 1;
       if($opts{warn} && config_key($droot, "warn_unknown_targets")) {
         WARN "Receive target of \"$src_vol->{PRINT}\" exists at unknown location: " . ($vinfo ? $vinfo->{PRINT} : _fs_path($_));
       }
@@ -3538,6 +3539,7 @@ sub get_receive_targets($$;@)
     }
     push(@ret, $vinfo);
   }
+  ${$opts{ret_unexpected_only}} = 1 if($opts{ret_unexpected_only} && $unexpected && !scalar(@ret));
   return @ret;
 }
 
@@ -4598,11 +4600,11 @@ sub macro_archive_target($$$;$)
   my $has_unexpected_location = 0;
   foreach my $svol (@{vinfo_subvol_list($sroot, readonly => 1, btrbk_direct_leaf => $snapshot_name, sort => 'path')})
   {
-    next if(get_receive_targets($droot, $svol, exact => 1, warn => 1, ret_unexpected => \$has_unexpected_location));
     if(my $ff = vinfo_match(\@exclude_vf, $svol)) {
       INFO "Skipping archive candidate \"$svol->{PRINT}\": Match on exclude pattern \"$ff->{unparsed}\"";
       next;
     }
+    next if(get_receive_targets($droot, $svol, exact => 1, warn => 1, ret_unexpected_only => \$has_unexpected_location));
     DEBUG "Adding archive candidate: $svol->{PRINT}";
 
     push @schedule, { value      => $svol,