diff --git a/fs/btrfs/compression.c b/fs/btrfs/compression.c
index e509071eaa69..a552c6f61e6d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/compression.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/compression.c
@@ -1008,9 +1008,9 @@ int btrfs_compress_pages(unsigned int type_level, struct address_space *mapping,
 	struct list_head *workspace;
 	int ret;
 
-	workspace = get_workspace(type, level);
+	level = btrfs_compress_op[type]->set_level(level);
 
-	btrfs_compress_op[type]->set_level(workspace, level);
+	workspace = get_workspace(type, level);
 	ret = btrfs_compress_op[type]->compress_pages(workspace, mapping,
 						      start, pages,
 						      out_pages,
@@ -1563,14 +1563,21 @@ int btrfs_compress_heuristic(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 end)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-unsigned int btrfs_compress_str2level(const char *str)
+unsigned int btrfs_compress_str2level(unsigned int type, const char *str)
 {
-	if (strncmp(str, "zlib", 4) != 0)
+	unsigned int level;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!type)
 		return 0;
 
-	/* Accepted form: zlib:1 up to zlib:9 and nothing left after the number */
-	if (str[4] == ':' && '1' <= str[5] && str[5] <= '9' && str[6] == 0)
-		return str[5] - '0';
+	if (str[0] == ':') {
+		ret = kstrtouint(str + 1, 10, &level);
+		if (ret)
+			level = 0;
+	}
+
+	level = btrfs_compress_op[type]->set_level(level);
 
-	return BTRFS_ZLIB_DEFAULT_LEVEL;
+	return level;
 }
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/compression.h b/fs/btrfs/compression.h
index e3627139bc5c..d607be40aa0e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/compression.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/compression.h
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ blk_status_t btrfs_submit_compressed_write(struct inode *inode, u64 start,
 blk_status_t btrfs_submit_compressed_read(struct inode *inode, struct bio *bio,
 				 int mirror_num, unsigned long bio_flags);
 
-unsigned btrfs_compress_str2level(const char *str);
+unsigned int btrfs_compress_str2level(unsigned int type, const char *str);
 
 enum btrfs_compression_type {
 	BTRFS_COMPRESS_NONE  = 0,
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ struct btrfs_compress_op {
 			  unsigned long start_byte,
 			  size_t srclen, size_t destlen);
 
-	void (*set_level)(struct list_head *ws, unsigned int type);
+	unsigned int (*set_level)(unsigned int level);
 };
 
 extern const struct btrfs_compress_op btrfs_heuristic_compress;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/lzo.c b/fs/btrfs/lzo.c
index f132af45a924..579d53ae256f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/lzo.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/lzo.c
@@ -507,8 +507,9 @@ static int lzo_decompress(struct list_head *ws, unsigned char *data_in,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void lzo_set_level(struct list_head *ws, unsigned int type)
+static unsigned int lzo_set_level(unsigned int level)
 {
+	return 0;
 }
 
 const struct btrfs_compress_op btrfs_lzo_compress = {
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index c5586ffd1426..b28dff207383 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -529,7 +529,9 @@ int btrfs_parse_options(struct btrfs_fs_info *info, char *options,
 				if (token != Opt_compress &&
 				    token != Opt_compress_force)
 					info->compress_level =
-					  btrfs_compress_str2level(args[0].from);
+					  btrfs_compress_str2level(
+							BTRFS_COMPRESS_ZLIB,
+							args[0].from + 4);
 				btrfs_set_opt(info->mount_opt, COMPRESS);
 				btrfs_clear_opt(info->mount_opt, NODATACOW);
 				btrfs_clear_opt(info->mount_opt, NODATASUM);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/zlib.c b/fs/btrfs/zlib.c
index e2173d0c4fd3..388b1f000fca 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/zlib.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/zlib.c
@@ -41,7 +41,12 @@ static void zlib_cleanup_workspace_manager(void)
 
 static struct list_head *zlib_get_workspace(unsigned int level)
 {
-	return btrfs_get_workspace(&wsm, level);
+	struct list_head *ws = btrfs_get_workspace(&wsm, level);
+	struct workspace *workspace = list_entry(ws, struct workspace, list);
+
+	workspace->level = level;
+
+	return ws;
 }
 
 static void zlib_put_workspace(struct list_head *ws)
@@ -413,15 +418,14 @@ static int zlib_decompress(struct list_head *ws, unsigned char *data_in,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void zlib_set_level(struct list_head *ws, unsigned int type)
+static unsigned int zlib_set_level(unsigned int level)
 {
-	struct workspace *workspace = list_entry(ws, struct workspace, list);
-	unsigned int level = BTRFS_COMPRESS_LEVEL(type);
-
-	if (level > 9)
+	if (!level)
+		level = BTRFS_ZLIB_DEFAULT_LEVEL;
+	else if (level > 9)
 		level = 9;
 
-	workspace->level = level > 0 ? level : 3;
+	return level;
 }
 
 const struct btrfs_compress_op btrfs_zlib_compress = {
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/zstd.c b/fs/btrfs/zstd.c
index 404101864220..43f3be755b8c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/zstd.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/zstd.c
@@ -441,8 +441,9 @@ static int zstd_decompress(struct list_head *ws, unsigned char *data_in,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void zstd_set_level(struct list_head *ws, unsigned int type)
+static unsigned int zstd_set_level(unsigned int level)
 {
+	return ZSTD_BTRFS_DEFAULT_LEVEL;
 }
 
 const struct btrfs_compress_op btrfs_zstd_compress = {
