diff --git a/fs/btrfs/compression.c b/fs/btrfs/compression.c
index 1463e14af2fb..4ec1df369e47 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/compression.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/compression.c
@@ -1009,6 +1009,7 @@ int btrfs_compress_pages(unsigned int type_level, struct address_space *mapping,
 	struct list_head *workspace;
 	int ret;
 
+	level = btrfs_compress_op[type]->set_level(level);
 	workspace = get_workspace(type, level);
 	ret = btrfs_compress_op[type]->compress_pages(workspace, mapping,
 						      start, pages,