diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 66f655595d0e..88520c7c3a13 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -4210,8 +4210,9 @@ static inline void f2fs_invalidate_compress_pages(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 #define inc_compr_inode_stat(inode)		do { } while (0)
 #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 =
@@ -4233,6 +4234,10 @@ static inline void set_compress_context(struct inode *inode)
 	stat_inc_compr_inode(inode);
 	inc_compr_inode_stat(inode);
 	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode, true);
+	return 0;
+#else
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+#endif
 }
 
 static inline bool f2fs_disable_compressed_file(struct inode *inode)
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 4c556509c038..016a84ae1ec5 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -1843,8 +1843,8 @@ static int f2fs_setflags_common(struct inode *inode, u32 iflags, u32 mask)
 				return -EINVAL;
 			if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && inode->i_size)
 				return -EINVAL;
-
-			set_compress_context(inode);
+			if (set_compress_context(inode))
+				return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		}
 	}
 	if ((iflags ^ masked_flags) & F2FS_NOCOMP_FL) {