diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/ProducerConsumerInternalTest.java b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/ProducerConsumerInternalTest.java
index a06085d3d4626..9f881f720a050 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/ProducerConsumerInternalTest.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/ProducerConsumerInternalTest.java
@@ -18,24 +18,21 @@
  */
 package org.apache.pulsar.client.impl;
 
-import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.testng.Assert.assertFalse;
-import static org.testng.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doAnswer;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
+import static org.testng.Assert.*;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+
 import lombok.Cleanup;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.apache.pulsar.broker.BrokerTestUtil;
 import org.apache.pulsar.broker.service.ServerCnx;
-import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.BatcherBuilder;
-import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.Consumer;
-import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.Message;
-import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.MessageId;
-import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.Producer;
-import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.ProducerConsumerBase;
-import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.SubscriptionType;
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.*;
 import org.apache.pulsar.common.api.proto.CommandCloseProducer;
 import org.apache.pulsar.common.policies.data.PersistentTopicInternalStats;
 import org.awaitility.Awaitility;
@@ -230,4 +227,44 @@ public void testRetentionPolicyByProducingMessages() throws Exception {
             assertEquals(internalStats.ledgers.size(), 1);
         });
     }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void testProducerCompressionMinMsgBodySize() throws PulsarClientException {
+        byte[] msg1022 = new byte[1022];
+        byte[] msg1025 = new byte[1025];
+        AtomicBoolean isCompressed = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+        final String topicName = BrokerTestUtil.newUniqueName("persistent://my-property/my-ns/tp_");
+        @Cleanup
+        ProducerImpl<byte[]> producer = (ProducerImpl<byte[]>) pulsarClient.newProducer()
+                .topic(topicName)
+                .create();
+        producer = spy(producer);
+        doAnswer(invocation -> {
+            isCompressed.set(false);
+            return null;
+        }).when(producer).applyCompression(any());
+
+        producer.conf.setCompressMinMsgBodySize(1024);
+        producer.conf.setCompressionType(CompressionType.LZ4);
+        // disable batch
+        producer.conf.setBatchingEnabled(false);
+        isCompressed.set(false);
+        producer.newMessage().value(msg1022).send();
+        assertFalse(isCompressed.get());
+
+        isCompressed.set(false);
+        producer.newMessage().value(msg1025).send();
+        assertTrue(isCompressed.get());
+
+        // enable batch
+        producer.conf.setBatchingEnabled(true);
+        isCompressed.set(false);
+        producer.newMessage().value(msg1022).send();
+        assertFalse(isCompressed.get());
+
+        isCompressed.set(false);
+        producer.newMessage().value(msg1025).send();
+        assertTrue(isCompressed.get());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/pulsar-client/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/ProducerImpl.java b/pulsar-client/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/ProducerImpl.java
index b7a27b034b271..4197d24eb3083 100644
--- a/pulsar-client/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/ProducerImpl.java
+++ b/pulsar-client/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/ProducerImpl.java
@@ -477,7 +477,8 @@ CompletableFuture<MessageId> internalSendWithTxnAsync(Message<?> message, Transa
      * @param payload
      * @return a new payload
      */
-    protected ByteBuf applyCompression(ByteBuf payload) {
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    public ByteBuf applyCompression(ByteBuf payload) {
         ByteBuf compressedPayload = compressor.encode(payload);
         payload.release();
         return compressedPayload;
@@ -504,23 +505,26 @@ public void sendAsync(Message<?> message, SendCallback callback) {
         boolean compressed = false;
         // Batch will be compressed when closed
         // If a message has a delayed delivery time, we'll always send it individually
-        if (((!isBatchMessagingEnabled() || msgMetadata.hasDeliverAtTime())
-                && payload.readableBytes() > conf.getCompressMinMsgBodySize())) {
-            compressedPayload = applyCompression(payload);
-            compressed = true;
-
-            // validate msg-size (For batching this will be check at the batch completion size)
-            int compressedSize = compressedPayload.readableBytes();
-            if (compressedSize > getMaxMessageSize() && !this.conf.isChunkingEnabled()) {
-                compressedPayload.release();
-                String compressedStr = conf.getCompressionType() != CompressionType.NONE ? "Compressed" : "";
-                PulsarClientException.InvalidMessageException invalidMessageException =
-                        new PulsarClientException.InvalidMessageException(
-                                format("The producer %s of the topic %s sends a %s message with %d bytes that exceeds"
-                                                + " %d bytes",
-                        producerName, topic, compressedStr, compressedSize, getMaxMessageSize()));
-                completeCallbackAndReleaseSemaphore(uncompressedSize, callback, invalidMessageException);
-                return;
+        if (((!isBatchMessagingEnabled() || msgMetadata.hasDeliverAtTime()))) {
+            if (payload.readableBytes() < conf.getCompressMinMsgBodySize()) {
+
+            } else {
+                compressedPayload = applyCompression(payload);
+                compressed = true;
+
+                // validate msg-size (For batching this will be check at the batch completion size)
+                int compressedSize = compressedPayload.readableBytes();
+                if (compressedSize > getMaxMessageSize() && !this.conf.isChunkingEnabled()) {
+                    compressedPayload.release();
+                    String compressedStr = conf.getCompressionType() != CompressionType.NONE ? "Compressed" : "";
+                    PulsarClientException.InvalidMessageException invalidMessageException =
+                            new PulsarClientException.InvalidMessageException(
+                                    format("The producer %s of the topic %s sends a %s message with %d bytes that exceeds"
+                                                    + " %d bytes",
+                                            producerName, topic, compressedStr, compressedSize, getMaxMessageSize()));
+                    completeCallbackAndReleaseSemaphore(uncompressedSize, callback, invalidMessageException);
+                    return;
+                }
             }
         }