diff --git a/src/os/bluestore/BlueFS.cc b/src/os/bluestore/BlueFS.cc
index 0b9bb0bba8e984..baae7c5ab2b601 100644
--- a/src/os/bluestore/BlueFS.cc
+++ b/src/os/bluestore/BlueFS.cc
@@ -2507,6 +2507,9 @@ void BlueFS::_rewrite_log_and_layout_sync_LNF_LD(bool allocate_with_fallback,
   }
 #endif
   _flush_bdev();
+  ++log.seq_live;
+  dirty.seq_live = log.seq_live;
+  log.t.seq = log.seq_live;
 
   super.memorized_layout = layout;
   super.log_fnode = log_file->fnode;
diff --git a/src/test/objectstore/test_bluefs.cc b/src/test/objectstore/test_bluefs.cc
index c68337222981eb..2a84b27c9992e2 100644
--- a/src/test/objectstore/test_bluefs.cc
+++ b/src/test/objectstore/test_bluefs.cc
@@ -618,6 +618,9 @@ TEST(BlueFS, test_compaction_sync) {
   g_ceph_context->_conf.set_val(
     "bluefs_compact_log_sync",
     "true");
+  const char* canary_dir = "dir.after_compact_test";
+  const char* canary_file = "file.after_compact_test";
+  const char* canary_data = "some random data";
 
   BlueFS fs(g_ceph_context);
   ASSERT_EQ(0, fs.add_block_device(BlueFS::BDEV_DB, bdev.path, false, 1048576));
@@ -644,14 +647,12 @@ TEST(BlueFS, test_compaction_sync) {
     fs.compact_log();
 
     {
-      string dir = "dir.after_compact_test";
-      ASSERT_EQ(0, fs.mkdir(dir));
-      string file = "file.after_compact_test";
+      ASSERT_EQ(0, fs.mkdir(canary_dir));
       BlueFS::FileWriter *h;
-      ASSERT_EQ(0, fs.open_for_write(dir, file, &h, false));
+      ASSERT_EQ(0, fs.open_for_write(canary_dir, canary_file, &h, false));
       ASSERT_NE(nullptr, h);
       auto sg = make_scope_guard([&fs, h] { fs.close_writer(h); });
-      h->append("some data", 9);
+      h->append(canary_data, strlen(canary_data));
       int r = fs.fsync(h);
       ASSERT_EQ(r, 0);
     }
@@ -661,12 +662,12 @@ TEST(BlueFS, test_compaction_sync) {
   fs.mount();
   {
     BlueFS::FileReader *h;
-    ASSERT_EQ(0, fs.open_for_read("dir.after_compact_test", "file.after_compact_test", &h));
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, fs.open_for_read(canary_dir, canary_file, &h));
     ASSERT_NE(nullptr, h);
     bufferlist bl;
-    ASSERT_EQ(9, fs.read(h, 0, 1024, &bl, NULL));
+    ASSERT_EQ(strlen(canary_data), fs.read(h, 0, 1024, &bl, NULL));
     std::cout << bl.c_str() << std::endl;
-    ASSERT_EQ(0, strncmp("some data", bl.c_str(), 9));
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, strncmp(canary_data, bl.c_str(), strlen(canary_data)));
     delete h;
   }
   fs.umount();
@@ -681,6 +682,9 @@ TEST(BlueFS, test_compaction_async) {
   g_ceph_context->_conf.set_val(
     "bluefs_compact_log_sync",
     "false");
+  const char* canary_dir = "dir.after_compact_test";
+  const char* canary_file = "file.after_compact_test";
+  const char* canary_data = "some random data";
 
   BlueFS fs(g_ceph_context);
   ASSERT_EQ(0, fs.add_block_device(BlueFS::BDEV_DB, bdev.path, false, 1048576));
@@ -707,14 +711,12 @@ TEST(BlueFS, test_compaction_async) {
     fs.compact_log();
 
     {
-      string dir = "dir.after_compact_test";
-      ASSERT_EQ(0, fs.mkdir(dir));
-      string file = "file.after_compact_test";
+      ASSERT_EQ(0, fs.mkdir(canary_dir));
       BlueFS::FileWriter *h;
-      ASSERT_EQ(0, fs.open_for_write(dir, file, &h, false));
+      ASSERT_EQ(0, fs.open_for_write(canary_dir, canary_file, &h, false));
       ASSERT_NE(nullptr, h);
       auto sg = make_scope_guard([&fs, h] { fs.close_writer(h); });
-      h->append("some data", 9);
+      h->append(canary_data, strlen(canary_data));
       int r = fs.fsync(h);
       ASSERT_EQ(r, 0);
     }
@@ -724,12 +726,12 @@ TEST(BlueFS, test_compaction_async) {
   fs.mount();
   {
     BlueFS::FileReader *h;
-    ASSERT_EQ(0, fs.open_for_read("dir.after_compact_test", "file.after_compact_test", &h));
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, fs.open_for_read(canary_dir, canary_file, &h));
     ASSERT_NE(nullptr, h);
     bufferlist bl;
-    ASSERT_EQ(9, fs.read(h, 0, 1024, &bl, NULL));
+    ASSERT_EQ(strlen(canary_data), fs.read(h, 0, 1024, &bl, NULL));
     std::cout << bl.c_str() << std::endl;
-    ASSERT_EQ(0, strncmp("some data", bl.c_str(), 9));
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, strncmp(canary_data, bl.c_str(), strlen(canary_data)));
     delete h;
   }
   fs.umount();