diff --git a/src/blockstore/blockstore_flush.cpp b/src/blockstore/blockstore_flush.cpp
index 0c395aba..ef402696 100644
--- a/src/blockstore/blockstore_flush.cpp
+++ b/src/blockstore/blockstore_flush.cpp
@@ -409,8 +409,15 @@ resume_11:
         flusher->flushing.erase(cur_oid);
         goto resume_0;
     }
-    bs->heap->add_compact(cur_obj, compact_info.compact_version, compact_info.compact_lsn, clean_loc,
+    res = bs->heap->add_compact(cur_obj, compact_info.compact_version, compact_info.compact_lsn, clean_loc,
         compact_info.do_delete, &modified_block, new_bmp, new_ext_bmp, new_csums);
+    if (res == EBUSY)
+    {
+        // Abort compaction, object is already overwritten by something else
+        flusher->flushing.erase(cur_oid);
+        goto resume_0;
+    }
+    assert(res == 0);
 resume_12:
 resume_13:
     if (!write_meta_block(12))
diff --git a/src/blockstore/blockstore_heap.cpp b/src/blockstore/blockstore_heap.cpp
index ba3c3c58..7a63afe2 100644
--- a/src/blockstore/blockstore_heap.cpp
+++ b/src/blockstore/blockstore_heap.cpp
@@ -1345,6 +1345,11 @@ int blockstore_heap_t::add_big_intent(object_id oid, heap_entry_t **obj_ptr, uin
 int blockstore_heap_t::add_compact(heap_entry_t *obj, uint64_t compact_version, uint64_t compact_lsn, uint64_t compact_location,
     bool do_delete, uint32_t *modified_block, uint8_t *new_int_bitmap, uint8_t *new_ext_bitmap, uint8_t *new_csums)
 {
+    for (auto wr = obj; wr && wr->lsn > compact_lsn; wr = prev(wr))
+    {
+        if (wr->is_overwrite())
+            return EBUSY;
+    }
     if (do_delete)
     {
         return add_entry(get_simple_entry_size(), modified_block, false, false, [&](heap_entry_t *wr)