diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/compactionserver/CompactionThreadManager.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/compactionserver/CompactionThreadManager.java
index bd78cc444c98..2eb697d4526e 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/compactionserver/CompactionThreadManager.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/compactionserver/CompactionThreadManager.java
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ public class CompactionThreadManager implements ThroughputControllerService {
     this.server = server;
     try {
       this.rootDir = CommonFSUtils.getRootDir(this.conf);
-      this.tableDescriptors = new FSTableDescriptors(conf);
+      this.tableDescriptors = new FSTableDescriptors(CommonFSUtils.getCurrentFileSystem(conf),
+          CommonFSUtils.getRootDir(conf), true, false);
       int largeThreads =
           Math.max(1, conf.getInt(LARGE_COMPACTION_THREADS, LARGE_COMPACTION_THREADS_DEFAULT));
       int smallThreads = conf.getInt(SMALL_COMPACTION_THREADS, SMALL_COMPACTION_THREADS_DEFAULT);
@@ -213,7 +214,8 @@ Pair<HStore, Optional<CompactionContext>> selectCompaction(RegionInfo regionInfo
     tableDescriptors.get(regionInfo.getTable());
     HStore store = getStore(conf, server.getFileSystem(), rootDir,
       tableDescriptors.get(regionInfo.getTable()), regionInfo, cfd.getNameAsString());
-
+    // handle TTL case
+    store.removeUnneededFiles(false);
     // CompactedHFilesDischarger only run on regionserver, so compactionserver does not have
     // opportunity to clean compacted file at that time, we clean compacted files here
     compactionFilesCache.cleanupCompactedFiles(regionInfo, cfd,
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HStore.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HStore.java
index 5cd005af1a60..0569ad3c7adf 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HStore.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HStore.java
@@ -1928,7 +1928,7 @@ public Optional<CompactionContext> requestCompaction(int priority,
       return Optional.empty();
     }
     // Before we do compaction, try to get rid of unneeded files to simplify things.
-    removeUnneededFiles();
+    removeUnneededFiles(true);
 
     if (region.getRegionServerServices() != null
         && region.getRegionServerServices().isCompactionOffloadEnabled()
@@ -2063,7 +2063,7 @@ private void addToCompactingFiles(Collection<HStoreFile> filesToAdd) {
     Collections.sort(filesCompacting, storeEngine.getStoreFileManager().getStoreFileComparator());
   }
 
-  private void removeUnneededFiles() throws IOException {
+  public void removeUnneededFiles(boolean writeWalRecord) throws IOException {
     if (!conf.getBoolean("hbase.store.delete.expired.storefile", true)) {
       return;
     }
@@ -2092,7 +2092,9 @@ private void removeUnneededFiles() throws IOException {
     }
 
     Collection<HStoreFile> newFiles = Collections.emptyList(); // No new files.
-    writeCompactionWalRecord(delSfs, newFiles);
+    if (writeWalRecord) {
+      writeCompactionWalRecord(delSfs, newFiles);
+    }
     replaceStoreFiles(delSfs, newFiles);
     refreshStoreSizeAndTotalBytes();
     LOG.info("Completed removal of " + delSfs.size() + " unnecessary (expired) file(s) in "
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/compactionserver/TestCompactionServer.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/compactionserver/TestCompactionServer.java
index 6d0ccccce4d7..18b07d92bf09 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/compactionserver/TestCompactionServer.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/compactionserver/TestCompactionServer.java
@@ -304,4 +304,50 @@ public void testCompactionOffloadTableDescriptor() throws Exception {
     TEST_UTIL.compact(TABLENAME, false);
     TEST_UTIL.waitFor(6000, () -> COMPACTION_SERVER.requestCount.sum() > 0);
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCompactionWithTTL() throws Exception {
+    TEST_UTIL.getAdmin().compactionSwitch(false, new ArrayList<>());
+    ColumnFamilyDescriptor cfd =
+      ColumnFamilyDescriptorBuilder.newBuilder(Bytes.toBytes(FAMILY)).setTimeToLive(10).build();
+    TableDescriptor modifiedTableDescriptor = TableDescriptorBuilder.newBuilder(TABLENAME)
+      .setColumnFamily(cfd).setCompactionOffloadEnabled(true).build();
+    TEST_UTIL.getAdmin().modifyTable(modifiedTableDescriptor);
+    TEST_UTIL.waitTableAvailable(TABLENAME);
+    // generate hfile all kv are expired
+    doPutRecord(1, 500, true);
+    int kVCount = 0;
+    for (HRegion region : TEST_UTIL.getHBaseCluster().getRegions(TABLENAME)) {
+      for (HStoreFile hStoreFile : region.getStore(Bytes.toBytes(FAMILY)).getStorefiles()) {
+        kVCount += hStoreFile.getReader().getHFileReader().getTrailer().getEntryCount();
+      }
+    }
+    assertEquals(500, kVCount);
+    // generate hfile mixed with expired and valid KV
+    doPutRecord(1, 500, false);
+    Thread.sleep(10000);
+    doPutRecord(501, 1000, true);
+
+    TEST_UTIL.getAdmin().compactionSwitch(true, new ArrayList<>());
+    TEST_UTIL.compact(TABLENAME, true);
+    TEST_UTIL.waitFor(60000, () -> {
+      int hFileCount = 0;
+      for (HRegion region : TEST_UTIL.getHBaseCluster().getRegions(TABLENAME)) {
+        hFileCount += region.getStore(Bytes.toBytes(FAMILY)).getStorefilesCount();
+      }
+      return hFileCount == 1;
+    });
+    kVCount = 0;
+    for (HRegion region : TEST_UTIL.getHBaseCluster().getRegions(TABLENAME)) {
+      for (HStoreFile hStoreFile : region.getStore(Bytes.toBytes(FAMILY)).getStorefiles()) {
+        kVCount += hStoreFile.getReader().getHFileReader().getTrailer().getEntryCount();
+      }
+    }
+    // To ensure do compaction on compaction server
+    TEST_UTIL.waitFor(60000, () -> COMPACTION_SERVER.requestCount.sum() > 0);
+
+    assertEquals(500, kVCount);
+    verifyRecord(1,500, false);
+    verifyRecord(501,1000, true);
+  }
 }