diff --git a/be/src/common/config.cpp b/be/src/common/config.cpp
index 8eae149c9634a6..95f44076440da1 100644
--- a/be/src/common/config.cpp
+++ b/be/src/common/config.cpp
@@ -1653,7 +1653,7 @@ DEFINE_mBool(enable_mow_verbose_log, "false");
 DEFINE_mInt32(tablet_sched_delay_time_ms, "5000");
 DEFINE_mInt32(load_trigger_compaction_version_percent, "66");
 DEFINE_mInt64(base_compaction_interval_seconds_since_last_operation, "86400");
-DEFINE_mBool(enable_compaction_pause_on_high_memory, "true");
+DEFINE_mBool(enable_compaction_pause_on_high_memory, "false");
 
 DEFINE_mBool(enable_quorum_success_write, "true");
 DEFINE_mDouble(quorum_success_max_wait_multiplier, "0.2");