diff --git a/fs/btrfs/props.c b/fs/btrfs/props.c
index 916f5cf9b292..09c0266f248d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/props.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/props.c
@@ -408,9 +408,9 @@ static int prop_compression_apply(struct inode *inode,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (!strncmp("lzo", value, len))
+	if (!strncmp("lzo", value, 3))
 		type = BTRFS_COMPRESS_LZO;
-	else if (!strncmp("zlib", value, len))
+	else if (!strncmp("zlib", value, 4))
 		type = BTRFS_COMPRESS_ZLIB;
 	else
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index 64981fc8e39e..8a9bcad3b06a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -499,14 +499,14 @@ int btrfs_parse_options(struct btrfs_fs_info *info, char *options,
 				btrfs_test_opt(info, FORCE_COMPRESS);
 			if (token == Opt_compress ||
 			    token == Opt_compress_force ||
-			    strcmp(args[0].from, "zlib") == 0) {
+			    strncmp(args[0].from, "zlib", 4) == 0) {
 				compress_type = "zlib";
 				info->compress_type = BTRFS_COMPRESS_ZLIB;
 				btrfs_set_opt(info->mount_opt, COMPRESS);
 				btrfs_clear_opt(info->mount_opt, NODATACOW);
 				btrfs_clear_opt(info->mount_opt, NODATASUM);
 				no_compress = 0;
-			} else if (strcmp(args[0].from, "lzo") == 0) {
+			} else if (strncmp(args[0].from, "lzo", 3) == 0) {
 				compress_type = "lzo";
 				info->compress_type = BTRFS_COMPRESS_LZO;
 				btrfs_set_opt(info->mount_opt, COMPRESS);