diff --git a/internal/datacoord/services.go b/internal/datacoord/services.go
index 8d1cb9189daf7..ef9b5915398c2 100644
--- a/internal/datacoord/services.go
+++ b/internal/datacoord/services.go
@@ -639,7 +639,10 @@ func (s *Server) DropVirtualChannel(ctx context.Context, req *datapb.DropVirtual
 		log.Warn("DropVChannel failed to ReleaseAndRemove", zap.String("channel", channel), zap.Error(err))
 	}
 	s.segmentManager.DropSegmentsOfChannel(ctx, channel)
-	s.compactionHandler.removeTasksByChannel(channel)
+
+	if !Params.DataCoordCfg.EnableCompaction.GetAsBool() {
+		s.compactionHandler.removeTasksByChannel(channel)
+	}
 
 	metrics.CleanupDataCoordNumStoredRows(collectionID)
 	metrics.DataCoordCheckpointUnixSeconds.DeleteLabelValues(fmt.Sprint(paramtable.GetNodeID()), channel)