diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 126c074deebd..9b9fb3c57ec6 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -3984,6 +3984,15 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_set_compress_option(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 	F2FS_I(inode)->i_compress_algorithm = option.algorithm;
 	F2FS_I(inode)->i_log_cluster_size = option.log_cluster_size;
 	F2FS_I(inode)->i_cluster_size = BIT(option.log_cluster_size);
+	/* Set default level */
+	if (F2FS_I(inode)->i_compress_algorithm == COMPRESS_ZSTD)
+		F2FS_I(inode)->i_compress_level = F2FS_ZSTD_DEFAULT_CLEVEL;
+	else
+		F2FS_I(inode)->i_compress_level = 0;
+	/* Adjust mount option level */
+	if (option.algorithm == F2FS_OPTION(sbi).compress_algorithm &&
+	    F2FS_OPTION(sbi).compress_level)
+		F2FS_I(inode)->i_compress_level = F2FS_OPTION(sbi).compress_level;
 	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode, true);
 
 	if (!f2fs_is_compress_backend_ready(inode))