diff --git a/lib/bdev/compress/vbdev_compress.c b/lib/bdev/compress/vbdev_compress.c
index e541df7fc..55fe27012 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/compress/vbdev_compress.c
+++ b/lib/bdev/compress/vbdev_compress.c
@@ -1214,6 +1214,7 @@ vbdev_compress_claim(struct vbdev_compress *comp_bdev)
 
 	comp_bdev->comp_bdev.blocklen = comp_bdev->base_bdev->blocklen;
 	comp_bdev->comp_bdev.blockcnt = comp_bdev->params.vol_size / comp_bdev->comp_bdev.blocklen;
+	assert(comp_bdev->comp_bdev.blockcnt > 0);
 
 	/* This is the context that is passed to us when the bdev
 	 * layer calls in so we'll save our comp_bdev node here.
@@ -1312,7 +1313,10 @@ vbdev_reduce_load_cb(void *cb_arg, struct spdk_reduce_vol *vol, int reduce_errno
 		return;
 	}
 
+	/* Update information following volume load. */
 	meta_ctx->vol = vol;
+	memcpy(&meta_ctx->params, spdk_reduce_vol_get_params(vol),
+	       sizeof(struct spdk_reduce_vol_params));
 	vbdev_compress_claim(meta_ctx);
 	spdk_bdev_module_examine_done(&compress_if);
 }
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/bdev/compress.c/compress_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/bdev/compress.c/compress_ut.c
index 7d50dbb2f..9a3eb5463 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/bdev/compress.c/compress_ut.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/bdev/compress.c/compress_ut.c
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ DEFINE_STUB_V(spdk_reduce_vol_unload, (struct spdk_reduce_vol *vol,
 				       spdk_reduce_vol_op_complete cb_fn, void *cb_arg));
 DEFINE_STUB_V(spdk_reduce_vol_load, (struct spdk_reduce_backing_dev *backing_dev,
 				     spdk_reduce_vol_op_with_handle_complete cb_fn, void *cb_arg));
+DEFINE_STUB(spdk_reduce_vol_get_params, const struct spdk_reduce_vol_params *,
+	    (struct spdk_reduce_vol *vol), NULL);
 
 /* DPDK stubs */
 DEFINE_STUB(rte_socket_id, unsigned, (void), 0);