diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index f22f77172c5f..f98ddd886036 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -502,6 +502,7 @@ again:
 		pages = kcalloc(nr_pages, sizeof(struct page *), GFP_NOFS);
 		if (!pages) {
 			/* just bail out to the uncompressed code */
+			nr_pages = 0;
 			goto cont;
 		}