diff --git a/db/db_impl.cc b/db/db_impl.cc
index f96d245..3e62b4c 100644
--- a/db/db_impl.cc
+++ b/db/db_impl.cc
@@ -1012,6 +1012,7 @@ Status DBImpl::DoCompactionWork(CompactionState* compact) {
         if (!status.ok()) {
           break;
         }
+        compact->compaction->RestartOverlappedBytes();
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/db/version_set.h b/db/version_set.h
index ea0c925..066b457 100644
--- a/db/version_set.h
+++ b/db/version_set.h
@@ -353,6 +353,10 @@ class Compaction {
   // before processing "internal_key".
   bool ShouldStopBefore(const Slice& internal_key);
 
+  // Reset overlapped bytes with grandparents. Should be called if we start
+  // building a new output for other reasons(eg. file size limitation).
+  void RestartOverlappedBytes() { overlapped_bytes_ = 0; }
+
   // Release the input version for the compaction, once the compaction
   // is successful.
   void ReleaseInputs();