diff --git a/db/compaction/compaction_picker_universal.cc b/db/compaction/compaction_picker_universal.cc
index 8a231f93f..5ce535c4d 100644
--- a/db/compaction/compaction_picker_universal.cc
+++ b/db/compaction/compaction_picker_universal.cc
@@ -755,9 +755,9 @@ Compaction* UniversalCompactionBuilder::PickCompactionToReduceSortedRuns(
                                             kCompactionStyleUniversal),
                         GetMaxOverlappingBytes(), path_id,
                         GetCompressionType(vstorage_, mutable_cf_options_,
-                                           start_level, 1, enable_compression),
+                                           output_level, 1, enable_compression),
                         GetCompressionOptions(mutable_cf_options_, vstorage_,
-                                              start_level, enable_compression),
+                                              output_level, enable_compression),
                         Temperature::kUnknown,
                         /* max_subcompactions */ 0, grandparents,
                         /* is manual */ false, /* trim_ts */ "", score_,