diff --git a/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h b/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h
index 31c259c8462d..fa118036a84e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h
@@ -179,9 +179,9 @@ struct btrfs_inode {
 	unsigned reserved_extents;
 
 	/*
-	 * always compress this one file
+	 * Cached values of inode properties
 	 */
-	unsigned force_compress;
+	unsigned prop_compress;		/* per-file compression algorithm */
 
 	struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node;
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 0bd008b9e0d1..c60a6d692bc1 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ static inline int inode_need_compress(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 end)
 		return 0;
 	if (btrfs_test_opt(fs_info, COMPRESS) ||
 	    BTRFS_I(inode)->flags & BTRFS_INODE_COMPRESS ||
-	    BTRFS_I(inode)->force_compress)
+	    BTRFS_I(inode)->prop_compress)
 		return btrfs_compress_heuristic(inode, start, end);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -511,8 +511,8 @@ static noinline void compress_file_range(struct inode *inode,
 			goto cont;
 		}
 
-		if (BTRFS_I(inode)->force_compress)
-			compress_type = BTRFS_I(inode)->force_compress;
+		if (BTRFS_I(inode)->prop_compress)
+			compress_type = BTRFS_I(inode)->prop_compress;
 
 		/*
 		 * we need to call clear_page_dirty_for_io on each
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ static noinline void compress_file_range(struct inode *inode,
 
 		/* flag the file so we don't compress in the future */
 		if (!btrfs_test_opt(fs_info, FORCE_COMPRESS) &&
-		    !(BTRFS_I(inode)->force_compress)) {
+		    !(BTRFS_I(inode)->prop_compress)) {
 			BTRFS_I(inode)->flags |= BTRFS_INODE_NOCOMPRESS;
 		}
 	}
@@ -9433,7 +9433,7 @@ struct inode *btrfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	ei->reserved_extents = 0;
 
 	ei->runtime_flags = 0;
-	ei->force_compress = BTRFS_COMPRESS_NONE;
+	ei->prop_compress = BTRFS_COMPRESS_NONE;
 
 	ei->delayed_node = NULL;
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 8189cb328d4a..e1c15a2ac785 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@ int btrfs_defrag_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 
 		inode_lock(inode);
 		if (range->flags & BTRFS_DEFRAG_RANGE_COMPRESS)
-			BTRFS_I(inode)->force_compress = compress_type;
+			BTRFS_I(inode)->prop_compress = compress_type;
 		ret = cluster_pages_for_defrag(inode, pages, i, cluster);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			inode_unlock(inode);
@@ -1442,7 +1442,7 @@ int btrfs_defrag_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 out_ra:
 	if (range->flags & BTRFS_DEFRAG_RANGE_COMPRESS) {
 		inode_lock(inode);
-		BTRFS_I(inode)->force_compress = BTRFS_COMPRESS_NONE;
+		BTRFS_I(inode)->prop_compress = BTRFS_COMPRESS_NONE;
 		inode_unlock(inode);
 	}
 	if (!file)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/props.c b/fs/btrfs/props.c
index 4b23ae5d0e5c..916f5cf9b292 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/props.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/props.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ static int prop_compression_apply(struct inode *inode,
 	if (len == 0) {
 		BTRFS_I(inode)->flags |= BTRFS_INODE_NOCOMPRESS;
 		BTRFS_I(inode)->flags &= ~BTRFS_INODE_COMPRESS;
-		BTRFS_I(inode)->force_compress = BTRFS_COMPRESS_NONE;
+		BTRFS_I(inode)->prop_compress = BTRFS_COMPRESS_NONE;
 
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -417,14 +417,14 @@ static int prop_compression_apply(struct inode *inode,
 
 	BTRFS_I(inode)->flags &= ~BTRFS_INODE_NOCOMPRESS;
 	BTRFS_I(inode)->flags |= BTRFS_INODE_COMPRESS;
-	BTRFS_I(inode)->force_compress = type;
+	BTRFS_I(inode)->prop_compress = type;
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static const char *prop_compression_extract(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	switch (BTRFS_I(inode)->force_compress) {
+	switch (BTRFS_I(inode)->prop_compress) {
 	case BTRFS_COMPRESS_ZLIB:
 		return "zlib";
 	case BTRFS_COMPRESS_LZO: