diff --git a/src/H5Dscatgath.c b/src/H5Dscatgath.c
index cf6b4fd4530..4516f1fa095 100644
--- a/src/H5Dscatgath.c
+++ b/src/H5Dscatgath.c
@@ -478,6 +478,16 @@ H5D__scatgath_read(const H5D_io_info_t *io_info, const H5D_dset_io_info_t *dset_
     in_place_tconv = dset_info->layout_io_info.contig_piece_info &&
                      dset_info->layout_io_info.contig_piece_info->in_place_tconv;
 
+    /* Check if we should disable in-place type conversion for performance.  Do so if we can use the optimized
+     * compound read function, if this is not a selection I/O operation (so we have normal size conversion
+     * buffers), and the either entire I/O operation can fit in the type conversion buffer or we need to use a
+     * background buffer (and therefore could not do the I/O in one operation with in-place conversion
+     * anyways). */
+    if (in_place_tconv && H5D__SCATGATH_USE_CMPD_OPT_READ(dset_info, FALSE) &&
+        (io_info->use_select_io != H5D_SELECTION_IO_MODE_ON) &&
+        (dset_info->type_info.need_bkg || (dset_info->nelmts <= dset_info->type_info.request_nelmts)))
+        in_place_tconv = FALSE;
+
     /* Allocate the iterators */
     if (NULL == (mem_iter = H5FL_MALLOC(H5S_sel_iter_t)))
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTALLOC, FAIL, "can't allocate memory iterator");
@@ -653,6 +663,16 @@ H5D__scatgath_write(const H5D_io_info_t *io_info, const H5D_dset_io_info_t *dset
     in_place_tconv = dset_info->layout_io_info.contig_piece_info &&
                      dset_info->layout_io_info.contig_piece_info->in_place_tconv;
 
+    /* Check if we should disable in-place type conversion for performance.  Do so if we can use the optimized
+     * compound write function, if this is not a selection I/O operation (so we have normal size conversion
+     * buffers), and the either entire I/O operation can fit in the type conversion buffer or we need to use a
+     * background buffer (and therefore could not do the I/O in one operation with in-place conversion
+     * anyways). */
+    if (in_place_tconv && H5D__SCATGATH_USE_CMPD_OPT_WRITE(dset_info, FALSE) &&
+        (io_info->use_select_io != H5D_SELECTION_IO_MODE_ON) &&
+        (dset_info->type_info.need_bkg || (dset_info->nelmts <= dset_info->type_info.request_nelmts)))
+        in_place_tconv = FALSE;
+
     /* Allocate the iterators */
     if (NULL == (mem_iter = H5FL_MALLOC(H5S_sel_iter_t)))
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTALLOC, FAIL, "can't allocate memory iterator");