diff --git a/table/block_based/block_prefetcher.cc b/table/block_based/block_prefetcher.cc
index 7a36ad58c..0af5abaf0 100644
--- a/table/block_based/block_prefetcher.cc
+++ b/table/block_based/block_prefetcher.cc
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ void BlockPrefetcher::PrefetchIfNeeded(const BlockBasedTable::Rep* rep,
   const size_t offset = handle.offset();
 
   if (is_for_compaction) {
-    if (!rep->file->use_direct_io()) {
+    if (!rep->file->use_direct_io() && compaction_readahead_size_ > 0) {
       // If FS supports prefetching (readahead_limit_ will be non zero in that
       // case) and current block exists in prefetch buffer then return.
       if (offset + len <= readahead_limit_) {