diff --git a/managed-ledger/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/mledger/impl/ManagedLedgerImpl.java b/managed-ledger/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/mledger/impl/ManagedLedgerImpl.java
index 7bdc5c9ef1154..f8d7098d04291 100644
--- a/managed-ledger/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/mledger/impl/ManagedLedgerImpl.java
+++ b/managed-ledger/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/mledger/impl/ManagedLedgerImpl.java
@@ -2292,7 +2292,8 @@ private void advanceCursorsIfNecessary(List<LedgerInfo> ledgersToDelete) {
             // move the mark delete position to the highestPositionToDelete only if it is smaller than the add confirmed
             // to prevent the edge case where the cursor is caught up to the latest and highestPositionToDelete may be larger than the last add confirmed
             if (highestPositionToDelete.compareTo((PositionImpl) cursor.getMarkDeletedPosition()) > 0
-                    && highestPositionToDelete.compareTo((PositionImpl) cursor.getManagedLedger().getLastConfirmedEntry()) <= 0 ) {
+                    && highestPositionToDelete.compareTo((PositionImpl) cursor.getManagedLedger().getLastConfirmedEntry()) <= 0
+                    && !(!cursor.isDurable() && cursor instanceof NonDurableCursorImpl && ((NonDurableCursorImpl) cursor).isReadCompacted())) {
                 cursor.asyncMarkDelete(highestPositionToDelete, new MarkDeleteCallback() {
                     @Override
                     public void markDeleteComplete(Object ctx) {
diff --git a/managed-ledger/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/mledger/impl/NonDurableCursorImpl.java b/managed-ledger/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/mledger/impl/NonDurableCursorImpl.java
index 28ed13d808c86..263e6faa605f0 100644
--- a/managed-ledger/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/mledger/impl/NonDurableCursorImpl.java
+++ b/managed-ledger/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/mledger/impl/NonDurableCursorImpl.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 public class NonDurableCursorImpl extends ManagedCursorImpl {
 
-    private final boolean readCompacted;
+    private volatile boolean readCompacted;
 
     NonDurableCursorImpl(BookKeeper bookkeeper, ManagedLedgerConfig config, ManagedLedgerImpl ledger, String cursorName,
                          PositionImpl startCursorPosition, PulsarApi.CommandSubscribe.InitialPosition initialPosition,
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ public void asyncDeleteCursor(final String consumerName, final DeleteCursorCallb
         callback.deleteCursorComplete(ctx);
     }
 
+    public void setReadCompacted(boolean readCompacted) {
+        this.readCompacted = readCompacted;
+    }
+
     public boolean isReadCompacted() {
         return readCompacted;
     }
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/AbstractDispatcherSingleActiveConsumer.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/AbstractDispatcherSingleActiveConsumer.java
index 5d486528f7f8c..0a432aa065ba4 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/AbstractDispatcherSingleActiveConsumer.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/AbstractDispatcherSingleActiveConsumer.java
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicIntegerFieldUpdater;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReferenceFieldUpdater;
+
+import org.apache.bookkeeper.mledger.ManagedCursor;
+import org.apache.bookkeeper.mledger.impl.NonDurableCursorImpl;
 import org.apache.pulsar.broker.ServiceConfiguration;
 import org.apache.pulsar.broker.service.BrokerServiceException.ConsumerBusyException;
 import org.apache.pulsar.broker.service.BrokerServiceException.ServerMetadataException;
@@ -47,7 +50,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDispatcherSingleActiveConsumer extends AbstractBas
     protected boolean isKeyHashRangeFiltered = false;
     protected CompletableFuture<Void> closeFuture = null;
     protected final int partitionIndex;
-
+    protected final ManagedCursor cursor;
     // This dispatcher supports both the Exclusive and Failover subscription types
     protected final SubType subscriptionType;
 
@@ -59,12 +62,13 @@ public abstract class AbstractDispatcherSingleActiveConsumer extends AbstractBas
     protected boolean isFirstRead = true;
 
     public AbstractDispatcherSingleActiveConsumer(SubType subscriptionType, int partitionIndex,
-            String topicName, Subscription subscription, ServiceConfiguration serviceConfig) {
+            String topicName, Subscription subscription, ServiceConfiguration serviceConfig, ManagedCursor cursor) {
         super(subscription, serviceConfig);
         this.topicName = topicName;
         this.consumers = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>();
         this.partitionIndex = partitionIndex;
         this.subscriptionType = subscriptionType;
+        this.cursor = cursor;
         ACTIVE_CONSUMER_UPDATER.set(this, null);
     }
 
@@ -180,7 +184,9 @@ public synchronized void addConsumer(Consumer consumer) throws BrokerServiceExce
                 consumer.notifyActiveConsumerChange(currentActiveConsumer);
             }
         }
-
+        if (cursor != null && !cursor.isDurable() && cursor instanceof NonDurableCursorImpl) {
+            ((NonDurableCursorImpl) cursor).setReadCompacted(ACTIVE_CONSUMER_UPDATER.get(this).readCompacted());
+        }
     }
 
     public synchronized void removeConsumer(Consumer consumer) throws BrokerServiceException {
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/nonpersistent/NonPersistentDispatcherSingleActiveConsumer.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/nonpersistent/NonPersistentDispatcherSingleActiveConsumer.java
index 69e9a95b3ae4f..a5a3515541951 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/nonpersistent/NonPersistentDispatcherSingleActiveConsumer.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/nonpersistent/NonPersistentDispatcherSingleActiveConsumer.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public final class NonPersistentDispatcherSingleActiveConsumer extends AbstractD
     public NonPersistentDispatcherSingleActiveConsumer(SubType subscriptionType, int partitionIndex,
             NonPersistentTopic topic, Subscription subscription) {
         super(subscriptionType, partitionIndex, topic.getName(), subscription,
-                topic.getBrokerService().pulsar().getConfiguration());
+                topic.getBrokerService().pulsar().getConfiguration(), null);
         this.topic = topic;
         this.subscription = subscription;
         this.msgDrop = new Rate();
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentDispatcherSingleActiveConsumer.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentDispatcherSingleActiveConsumer.java
index 00b549d31c60d..47a9cf22f14b0 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentDispatcherSingleActiveConsumer.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentDispatcherSingleActiveConsumer.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public final class PersistentDispatcherSingleActiveConsumer extends AbstractDisp
     public PersistentDispatcherSingleActiveConsumer(ManagedCursor cursor, SubType subscriptionType, int partitionIndex,
             PersistentTopic topic, Subscription subscription) {
         super(subscriptionType, partitionIndex, topic.getName(), subscription,
-                topic.getBrokerService().pulsar().getConfiguration());
+                topic.getBrokerService().pulsar().getConfiguration(), cursor);
         this.topic = topic;
         this.name = topic.getName() + " / " + (cursor.getName() != null ? Codec.decode(cursor.getName())
                 : ""/* NonDurableCursor doesn't have name */);