diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapshot.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapshot.cpp
index 019b64a..cd4c560 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapshot.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapshot.cpp
@@ -3166,7 +3166,8 @@
               << " writer.GetCowVersion(): " << writer.GetCowVersion();
 
     bool use_compression = IsCompressionEnabled() && dap_metadata.vabc_enabled() &&
-                           !device_->IsRecovery() && cow_format_support;
+                           !device_->IsRecovery() && cow_format_support &&
+                           KernelSupportsCompressedSnapshots();
 
     std::string compression_algorithm;
     if (use_compression) {
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapshot_test.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapshot_test.cpp
index e7ffb16..a741134 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapshot_test.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapshot_test.cpp
@@ -2760,7 +2760,7 @@
         return true;
     }
 
-    return IsUserspaceSnapshotsEnabled();
+    return IsUserspaceSnapshotsEnabled() && KernelSupportsCompressedSnapshots();
 }
 
 bool ShouldUseCompression() {
@@ -2770,7 +2770,7 @@
     if (FLAGS_force_config == "vabc") {
         return true;
     }
-    return IsCompressionEnabled();
+    return IsCompressionEnabled() && KernelSupportsCompressedSnapshots();
 }
 
 }  // namespace snapshot
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/utility.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/utility.cpp
index f01bec9..841acf4 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/utility.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/utility.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@
 #include <android-base/properties.h>
 #include <android-base/strings.h>
 #include <fs_mgr/roots.h>
+#include <libdm/dm.h>
 
+using android::dm::DeviceMapper;
 using android::dm::kSectorSize;
 using android::fiemap::FiemapStatus;
 using android::fs_mgr::EnsurePathMounted;
@@ -208,5 +210,10 @@
     return android::base::GetBoolProperty("snapuserd.test.dm.snapshots", false);
 }
 
+bool KernelSupportsCompressedSnapshots() {
+    auto& dm = DeviceMapper::Instance();
+    return dm.GetTargetByName("user", nullptr);
+}
+
 }  // namespace snapshot
 }  // namespace android
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/utility.h b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/utility.h
index 0ef3234..0794154 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/utility.h
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/utility.h
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
 void AppendExtent(google::protobuf::RepeatedPtrField<chromeos_update_engine::Extent>* extents,
                   uint64_t start_block, uint64_t num_blocks);
 
+bool KernelSupportsCompressedSnapshots();
 bool IsCompressionEnabled();
 
 bool IsUserspaceSnapshotsEnabled();