diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 95f06936bc6e..cb5978a4a277 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -527,7 +527,10 @@ static noinline void compress_file_range(struct inode *inode,
 		if (ret <= 0) {
 			unsigned long clear_flags = EXTENT_DELALLOC |
 				EXTENT_DEFRAG;
+			unsigned long page_error_op;
+
 			clear_flags |= (ret < 0) ? EXTENT_DO_ACCOUNTING : 0;
+			page_error_op = ret < 0 ? PAGE_SET_ERROR : 0;
 
 			/*
 			 * inline extent creation worked or returned error,
@@ -538,6 +541,7 @@ static noinline void compress_file_range(struct inode *inode,
 						     clear_flags, PAGE_UNLOCK |
 						     PAGE_CLEAR_DIRTY |
 						     PAGE_SET_WRITEBACK |
+						     page_error_op |
 						     PAGE_END_WRITEBACK);
 			goto free_pages_out;
 		}