diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 18daf4bd4..016646df0 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 * Fix a bug where a level refitting in CompactRange() might race with an automatic compaction that puts the data to the target level of the refitting. The bug has been there for years.
 * BackupEngine::CreateNewBackup could fail intermittently with non-OK status when backing up a read-write DB configured with a DBOptions::file_checksum_gen_factory. This issue has been worked-around such that CreateNewBackup should succeed, but (until fully fixed) BackupEngine might not see all checksums available in the DB.
 * Fix a bug where immutable flushed memtable is never destroyed because  a memtable is not added to delete list because of refernce hold by super version and super version doesn't switch because of empty delete list. So memory usage increases beyond write_buffer_size + max_write_buffer_size_to_maintain.
+* Fix useless no-op compactions scheduled upon snapshot release when options.disable-auto-compactions = true.
 
 ### New Features
 * A new option `std::shared_ptr<FileChecksumGenFactory> file_checksum_gen_factory` is added to `BackupableDBOptions`. The default value for this option is `nullptr`. If this option is null, the default backup engine checksum function (crc32c) will be used for creating, verifying, or restoring backups. If it is not null and is set to the DB custom checksum factory, the custom checksum function used in DB will also be used for creating, verifying, or restoring backups, in addition to the default checksum function (crc32c). If it is not null and is set to a custom checksum factory different than the DB custom checksum factory (which may be null), BackupEngine will return `Status::InvalidArgument()`.
diff --git a/db/column_family.cc b/db/column_family.cc
index 745f5de59..c167dcf29 100644
--- a/db/column_family.cc
+++ b/db/column_family.cc
@@ -1054,7 +1054,8 @@ void ColumnFamilyData::CreateNewMemtable(
 }
 
 bool ColumnFamilyData::NeedsCompaction() const {
-  return compaction_picker_->NeedsCompaction(current_->storage_info());
+  return !mutable_cf_options_.disable_auto_compactions &&
+         compaction_picker_->NeedsCompaction(current_->storage_info());
 }
 
 Compaction* ColumnFamilyData::PickCompaction(
diff --git a/db/db_compaction_test.cc b/db/db_compaction_test.cc
index f51217424..8ce04c0bd 100644
--- a/db/db_compaction_test.cc
+++ b/db/db_compaction_test.cc
@@ -3600,6 +3600,76 @@ TEST_F(DBCompactionTest, CompactBottomLevelFilesWithDeletions) {
   ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE::SyncPoint::GetInstance()->DisableProcessing();
 }
 
+TEST_F(DBCompactionTest, NoCompactBottomLevelFilesWithDeletions) {
+  // bottom-level files may contain deletions due to snapshots protecting the
+  // deleted keys. Once the snapshot is released, we should see files with many
+  // such deletions undergo single-file compactions. But when disabling auto
+  // compactions, it shouldn't be triggered which may causing too many
+  // background jobs.
+  const int kNumKeysPerFile = 1024;
+  const int kNumLevelFiles = 4;
+  const int kValueSize = 128;
+  Options options = CurrentOptions();
+  options.compression = kNoCompression;
+  options.disable_auto_compactions = true;
+  options.level0_file_num_compaction_trigger = kNumLevelFiles;
+  // inflate it a bit to account for key/metadata overhead
+  options.target_file_size_base = 120 * kNumKeysPerFile * kValueSize / 100;
+  Reopen(options);
+
+  Random rnd(301);
+  const Snapshot* snapshot = nullptr;
+  for (int i = 0; i < kNumLevelFiles; ++i) {
+    for (int j = 0; j < kNumKeysPerFile; ++j) {
+      ASSERT_OK(
+          Put(Key(i * kNumKeysPerFile + j), rnd.RandomString(kValueSize)));
+    }
+    if (i == kNumLevelFiles - 1) {
+      snapshot = db_->GetSnapshot();
+      // delete every other key after grabbing a snapshot, so these deletions
+      // and the keys they cover can't be dropped until after the snapshot is
+      // released.
+      for (int j = 0; j < kNumLevelFiles * kNumKeysPerFile; j += 2) {
+        ASSERT_OK(Delete(Key(j)));
+      }
+    }
+    Flush();
+    if (i < kNumLevelFiles - 1) {
+      ASSERT_EQ(i + 1, NumTableFilesAtLevel(0));
+    }
+  }
+  dbfull()->TEST_CompactRange(0, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
+  ASSERT_EQ(kNumLevelFiles, NumTableFilesAtLevel(1));
+
+  std::vector<LiveFileMetaData> pre_release_metadata, post_release_metadata;
+  db_->GetLiveFilesMetaData(&pre_release_metadata);
+  // just need to bump seqnum so ReleaseSnapshot knows the newest key in the SST
+  // files does not need to be preserved in case of a future snapshot.
+  ASSERT_OK(Put(Key(0), "val"));
+
+  // release snapshot and no compaction should be triggered.
+  std::atomic<int> num_compactions{0};
+  ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE::SyncPoint::GetInstance()->SetCallBack(
+      "DBImpl::BackgroundCompaction:Start",
+      [&](void* /*arg*/) { num_compactions.fetch_add(1); });
+  ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE::SyncPoint::GetInstance()->EnableProcessing();
+  db_->ReleaseSnapshot(snapshot);
+  dbfull()->TEST_WaitForCompact();
+  ASSERT_EQ(0, num_compactions);
+  ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE::SyncPoint::GetInstance()->DisableProcessing();
+
+  db_->GetLiveFilesMetaData(&post_release_metadata);
+  ASSERT_EQ(pre_release_metadata.size(), post_release_metadata.size());
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < pre_release_metadata.size(); ++i) {
+    const auto& pre_file = pre_release_metadata[i];
+    const auto& post_file = post_release_metadata[i];
+    ASSERT_EQ(1, pre_file.level);
+    ASSERT_EQ(1, post_file.level);
+    // each file is same as before with deletion markers/deleted keys.
+    ASSERT_EQ(post_file.size, pre_file.size);
+  }
+}
+
 TEST_F(DBCompactionTest, LevelCompactExpiredTtlFiles) {
   const int kNumKeysPerFile = 32;
   const int kNumLevelFiles = 2;