diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index b895be3d4311..383717ccecc7 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ again:
 		pages = kcalloc(nr_pages, sizeof(struct page *), GFP_NOFS);
 		if (!pages) {
 			/* just bail out to the uncompressed code */
+			nr_pages = 0;
 			goto cont;
 		}