diff --git a/fs/btrfs/compression.c b/fs/btrfs/compression.c
index 8cd48d7c3f76abeed9cf0226aa7125ed5013a2a8..28c3940062b716bbe7d2c44214cd3ac573fdb22e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/compression.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/compression.c
@@ -44,6 +44,21 @@
 #include "extent_io.h"
 #include "extent_map.h"
 
+static const char* const btrfs_compress_types[] = { "", "zlib", "lzo", "zstd" };
+
+const char* btrfs_compress_type2str(enum btrfs_compression_type type)
+{
+	switch (type) {
+	case BTRFS_COMPRESS_ZLIB:
+	case BTRFS_COMPRESS_LZO:
+	case BTRFS_COMPRESS_ZSTD:
+	case BTRFS_COMPRESS_NONE:
+		return btrfs_compress_types[type];
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 static int btrfs_decompress_bio(struct compressed_bio *cb);
 
 static inline int compressed_bio_size(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/compression.h b/fs/btrfs/compression.h
index 6b692903a23ce866bc56841922534b90899c69fe..677fa4aa0bd754e924da835ef650f2ea262b2522 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/compression.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/compression.h
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ extern const struct btrfs_compress_op btrfs_zlib_compress;
 extern const struct btrfs_compress_op btrfs_lzo_compress;
 extern const struct btrfs_compress_op btrfs_zstd_compress;
 
+const char* btrfs_compress_type2str(enum btrfs_compression_type type);
+
 int btrfs_compress_heuristic(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 end);
 
 #endif