diff --git a/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.cc b/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.cc
index 978a020fea74e7..ed47a7e4551295 100644
--- a/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.cc
+++ b/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.cc
@@ -1465,6 +1465,8 @@ void BlueStore::_set_compression()
     }
   }
   comp_mode = m;
+  if (comp_mode == COMP_NONE)
+    compressor = nullptr;
   dout(10) << __func__ << " mode " << get_comp_mode_name(comp_mode)
 	   << " alg " << (compressor ? compressor->get_type() : "(none)")
 	   << dendl;