diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index bfe04afa62771d5f201e76bef6f0f0ec7ec5d088..707fccc5279b94db672a703e62ad1c37d9ffda4a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -590,8 +590,10 @@ static noinline void compress_file_range(struct inode *inode,
 						     PAGE_SET_WRITEBACK |
 						     page_error_op |
 						     PAGE_END_WRITEBACK);
-			btrfs_free_reserved_data_space_noquota(inode, start,
-						end - start + 1);
+			if (ret == 0)
+				btrfs_free_reserved_data_space_noquota(inode,
+							       start,
+							       end - start + 1);
 			goto free_pages_out;
 		}
 	}