diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index f988467a156e..1caa0e72cd64 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -3932,8 +3932,9 @@ static inline int f2fs_init_compress_mempool(void) { return 0; }
 static inline void f2fs_destroy_compress_mempool(void) { }
 #endif
 
-static inline void set_compress_context(struct inode *inode)
+static inline int set_compress_context(struct inode *inode)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_F2FS_FS_COMPRESSION
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_I_SB(inode);
 
 	F2FS_I(inode)->i_compress_algorithm =
@@ -3946,6 +3947,10 @@ static inline void set_compress_context(struct inode *inode)
 	set_inode_flag(inode, FI_COMPRESSED_FILE);
 	stat_inc_compr_inode(inode);
 	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode, true);
+	return 0;
+#else
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+#endif
 }
 
 static inline u32 f2fs_disable_compressed_file(struct inode *inode)
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 645032ff4ada..c62855f9cbd4 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -1847,8 +1847,8 @@ static int f2fs_setflags_common(struct inode *inode, u32 iflags, u32 mask)
 		if (iflags & F2FS_COMPR_FL) {
 			if (!f2fs_may_compress(inode))
 				return -EINVAL;
-
-			set_compress_context(inode);
+			if (set_compress_context(inode))
+				return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		}
 	}
 	if ((iflags ^ masked_flags) & F2FS_NOCOMP_FL) {