diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 611b3412fbfdc2..9988d754e465bd 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -653,12 +653,18 @@ static noinline int compress_file_range(struct async_chunk *async_chunk)
 						     page_error_op |
 						     PAGE_END_WRITEBACK);
 
-			for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
-				WARN_ON(pages[i]->mapping);
-				put_page(pages[i]);
+			/*
+			 * Ensure we only free the compressed pages if we have
+			 * them allocated, as we can still reach here with
+			 * inode_need_compress() == false.
+			 */
+			if (pages) {
+				for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
+					WARN_ON(pages[i]->mapping);
+					put_page(pages[i]);
+				}
+				kfree(pages);
 			}
-			kfree(pages);
-
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}