diff --git a/fs/btrfs/compression.c b/fs/btrfs/compression.c
index b01fb6c..d43c544 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/compression.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/compression.c
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		page = radix_tree_lookup(&mapping->page_tree, pg_index);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
-		if (page) {
+		if (page && !radix_tree_exceptional_entry(page)) {
 			misses++;
 			if (misses > 4)
 				break;