diff --git a/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h b/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h
index d5d81f9546c3..7fdc6c3fd066 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h
@@ -476,6 +476,8 @@ static inline bool btrfs_inode_can_compress(const struct btrfs_inode *inode)
 	if (inode->flags & BTRFS_INODE_NODATACOW ||
 	    inode->flags & BTRFS_INODE_NODATASUM)
 		return false;
+	if (btrfs_is_data_reloc_root(inode->root))
+		return false;
 	return true;
 }