diff --git a/fs/btrfs/props.c b/fs/btrfs/props.c
index dc6140013ae8194739a8aa6a387f12c35794bdf9..fd19f3078566755ffe540ee209ff6b9a3b531bc1 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/props.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/props.c
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ static int prop_compression_apply(struct inode *inode,
 		btrfs_set_fs_incompat(fs_info, COMPRESS_LZO);
 	} else if (!strncmp("zlib", value, 4)) {
 		type = BTRFS_COMPRESS_ZLIB;
-	} else if (!strncmp("zstd", value, len)) {
+	} else if (!strncmp("zstd", value, 4)) {
 		type = BTRFS_COMPRESS_ZSTD;
 		btrfs_set_fs_incompat(fs_info, COMPRESS_ZSTD);
 	} else {