diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/blobstor/compression/compress.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/blobstor/compression/compress.go
index 79e37f8a..4ebf057d 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/blobstor/compression/compress.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/blobstor/compression/compress.go
@@ -87,7 +87,11 @@ func (c *Config) Compress(data []byte) []byte {
 		return data
 	}
 	maxSize := c.encoder.MaxEncodedSize(len(data))
-	return c.encoder.EncodeAll(data, make([]byte, 0, maxSize))
+	compressed := c.encoder.EncodeAll(data, make([]byte, 0, maxSize))
+	if len(data) < len(compressed) {
+		return data
+	}
+	return compressed
 }
 
 // Close closes encoder and decoder, returns any error occurred.