diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/compress.c b/fs/bcachefs/compress.c
index 6115e0294e4d..920460a182b4 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/compress.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/compress.c
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ static int __bch2_fs_compress_init(struct bch_fs *c, u64 features)
 	}
 
 	if (!mempool_initialized(&c->decompress_workspace)) {
-		ret = mempool_init_kmalloc_pool(
+		ret = mempool_init_kvpmalloc_pool(
 				&c->decompress_workspace,
 				1, decompress_workspace_size);
 		if (ret)