Index: src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/LoadIncrementalHFiles.java =================================================================== --- src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/LoadIncrementalHFiles.java (revision 1308694) +++ src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/LoadIncrementalHFiles.java (working copy) @@ -655,6 +655,11 @@ new CacheConfig(getConf())); final byte[] first, last; try { + if (reader.getCompressionAlgorithm() != Algorithm.NONE + && hcd.getCompressionType() == Algorithm.NONE) { + hcd.setCompressionType(reader.getCompressionAlgorithm()); + } + reader.loadFileInfo(); first = reader.getFirstRowKey(); last = reader.getLastRowKey();