diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index 56cd2cf571588..9eb03b0e0dd43 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -558,6 +558,7 @@ int btrfs_parse_options(struct btrfs_fs_info *info, char *options,
 			} else if (strncmp(args[0].from, "lzo", 3) == 0) {
 				compress_type = "lzo";
 				info->compress_type = BTRFS_COMPRESS_LZO;
+				info->compress_level = 0;
 				btrfs_set_opt(info->mount_opt, COMPRESS);
 				btrfs_clear_opt(info->mount_opt, NODATACOW);
 				btrfs_clear_opt(info->mount_opt, NODATASUM);