diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileReaderImpl.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileReaderImpl.java
index 07ff1894781..ec17f4fa477 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileReaderImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileReaderImpl.java
@@ -1338,7 +1338,8 @@ public abstract class HFileReaderImpl implements HFile.Reader, Configurable {
         cacheConf.getBlockCache().ifPresent(cache -> {
           if (cacheBlock && cacheConf.shouldCacheBlockOnRead(category)) {
             // Using the wait on cache during compaction and prefetching.
-            cache.cacheBlock(cacheKey, cacheCompressed ? hfileBlock : unpacked, cacheOnly);
+            cache.cacheBlock(cacheKey, cacheCompressed ? hfileBlock : unpacked,
+              cacheConf.isInMemory(), cacheOnly);
           }
         });
         if (unpacked != hfileBlock) {