diff --git a/source/dnode/vnode/src/tsdb/tsdbCompact.c b/source/dnode/vnode/src/tsdb/tsdbCompact.c
index 372161a3e8..63c2931583 100644
--- a/source/dnode/vnode/src/tsdb/tsdbCompact.c
+++ b/source/dnode/vnode/src/tsdb/tsdbCompact.c
@@ -933,6 +933,9 @@ int32_t tsdbCompact(STsdb *pTsdb, int32_t flag) {
     tsdbCloseCompactor(pCompactor);
   }
 
+  code = tsdbFSUpsertDelFile(&pCompactor->fs, NULL);
+  TSDB_CHECK_CODE(code, lino, _exit);
+
 _exit:
   if (code) {
     tsdbError("vgId:%d %s failed at line %d since %s", TD_VID(pTsdb->pVnode), __func__, lino, tstrerror(code));
diff --git a/source/dnode/vnode/src/tsdb/tsdbFS.c b/source/dnode/vnode/src/tsdb/tsdbFS.c
index 7dc839773f..3e565ac012 100644
--- a/source/dnode/vnode/src/tsdb/tsdbFS.c
+++ b/source/dnode/vnode/src/tsdb/tsdbFS.c
@@ -634,7 +634,15 @@ static int32_t tsdbFSApplyChange(STsdb *pTsdb, STsdbFS *pFS) {
       }
     }
   } else {
-    ASSERT(pTsdb->fs.pDelFile == NULL);
+    if (pTsdb->fs.pDelFile) {
+      nRef = atomic_sub_fetch_32(&pTsdb->fs.pDelFile->nRef, 1);
+      if (nRef == 0) {
+        tsdbDelFileName(pTsdb, pTsdb->fs.pDelFile, fname);
+        (void)taosRemoveFile(fname);
+        taosMemoryFree(pTsdb->fs.pDelFile);
+      }
+      pTsdb->fs.pDelFile = NULL;
+    }
   }
 
   // aDFileSet
@@ -911,14 +919,21 @@ _exit:
 int32_t tsdbFSUpsertDelFile(STsdbFS *pFS, SDelFile *pDelFile) {
   int32_t code = 0;
 
-  if (pFS->pDelFile == NULL) {
-    pFS->pDelFile = (SDelFile *)taosMemoryMalloc(sizeof(SDelFile));
+  if (pDelFile) {
     if (pFS->pDelFile == NULL) {
-      code = TSDB_CODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
-      goto _exit;
+      pFS->pDelFile = (SDelFile *)taosMemoryMalloc(sizeof(SDelFile));
+      if (pFS->pDelFile == NULL) {
+        code = TSDB_CODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+        goto _exit;
+      }
+    }
+    *pFS->pDelFile = *pDelFile;
+  } else {
+    if (pFS->pDelFile) {
+      taosMemoryFree(pFS->pDelFile);
+      pFS->pDelFile = NULL;
     }
   }
-  *pFS->pDelFile = *pDelFile;
 
 _exit:
   return code;