diff --git a/.githubmap b/.githubmap
index c5427b5cefc8c..9cda29b4510f9 100644
--- a/.githubmap
+++ b/.githubmap
@@ -141,3 +141,4 @@ yuyuyu101 Haomai Wang <haomai@xsky.com>
 zdover23 Zac Dover <zac.dover@gmail.com>
 Thingee Mike Perez <miperez@redhat.com>
 cfsnyder Cory Snyder <csnyder@iland.com>
+benhanokh Gabriel Benhanokh <gbenhano@redhat.com>
diff --git a/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.cc b/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.cc
index 4f59ebde508a5..16129c86c3db9 100644
--- a/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.cc
+++ b/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.cc
@@ -6089,7 +6089,12 @@ int BlueStore::_open_db_and_around(bool read_only, bool to_repair)
 
 void BlueStore::_close_db_and_around(bool read_only)
 {
-  _close_db(read_only);
+  if (db) {
+    _close_db_leave_bluefs();
+  }
+  if (bluefs) {
+    _close_bluefs(read_only);
+  }
   _close_fm();
   _close_alloc();
   _close_bdev();
@@ -6327,6 +6332,13 @@ void BlueStore::_close_db(bool cold_close)
   }
 }
 
+void BlueStore::_close_db_leave_bluefs()
+{
+  ceph_assert(db);
+  delete db;
+  db = nullptr;
+}
+
 void BlueStore::_dump_alloc_on_failure()
 {
   auto dump_interval =
@@ -7274,6 +7286,7 @@ int BlueStore::umount()
     dout(20) << __func__ << " closing" << dendl;
   }
 
+  _close_db_leave_bluefs();
   // GBH - Vault the allocation state
   dout(5) << "NCB::BlueStore::umount->store_allocation_state_on_bluestore() " << dendl;
   if (was_mounted && fm->is_null_manager()) {
@@ -17210,6 +17223,9 @@ const unsigned MAX_EXTENTS_IN_BUFFER = 4 * 1024; // 4K extents = 64KB of data
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 int BlueStore::store_allocator(Allocator* src_allocator)
 {
+  // when storing allocations to file we must be sure there is no background compactions
+  // the easiest way to achieve it is to make sure db is closed
+  ceph_assert(db == nullptr);
   utime_t  start_time = ceph_clock_now();
   int ret = 0;
 
@@ -17989,6 +18005,7 @@ int BlueStore::read_allocation_from_drive_for_bluestore_tool(bool test_store_and
   }
 
   if (test_store_and_restore) {
+    _close_db_leave_bluefs();
     dout(5) << "calling store_allocator(shared_alloc.a)" << dendl;
     store_allocator(shared_alloc.a);
     Allocator* alloc2 = create_bitmap_allocator(bdev_size);
diff --git a/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.h b/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.h
index 29ff87d5ff13e..517ec18a1e582 100644
--- a/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.h
+++ b/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.h
@@ -2403,6 +2403,7 @@ class BlueStore : public ObjectStore,
 	       bool to_repair_db=false,
 	       bool read_only = false);
   void _close_db(bool read_only);
+  void _close_db_leave_bluefs();
   int _open_fm(KeyValueDB::Transaction t, bool read_only, bool fm_restore = false);
   void _close_fm();
   int _write_out_fm_meta(uint64_t target_size);