diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 3d811594d0d5..1a03d0f33549 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -3439,9 +3439,6 @@ static int f2fs_release_compress_blocks(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 	if (!f2fs_sb_has_compression(F2FS_I_SB(inode)))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	if (!f2fs_compressed_file(inode))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	if (f2fs_readonly(sbi->sb))
 		return -EROFS;
 
@@ -3460,7 +3457,8 @@ static int f2fs_release_compress_blocks(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_COMPRESS_RELEASED)) {
+	if (!f2fs_compressed_file(inode) ||
+		is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_COMPRESS_RELEASED)) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -3618,9 +3616,6 @@ static int f2fs_reserve_compress_blocks(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 	if (!f2fs_sb_has_compression(F2FS_I_SB(inode)))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	if (!f2fs_compressed_file(inode))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	if (f2fs_readonly(sbi->sb))
 		return -EROFS;
 
@@ -3635,7 +3630,8 @@ static int f2fs_reserve_compress_blocks(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 
 	inode_lock(inode);
 
-	if (!is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_COMPRESS_RELEASED)) {
+	if (!f2fs_compressed_file(inode) ||
+		!is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_COMPRESS_RELEASED)) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto unlock_inode;
 	}