diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/Store.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/Store.java
index e4ccac0172d..dcede5aff96 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/Store.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/Store.java
@@ -835,6 +835,7 @@ public class Store extends SchemaConfigured implements HeapSize {
             .withMaxKeyCount(maxKeyCount)
             .withChecksumType(checksumType)
             .withBytesPerChecksum(bytesPerChecksum)
+            .withCompression(compression)
             .build();
     // The store file writer's path does not include the CF name, so we need
     // to configure the HFile writer directly.