diff --git a/include/spdk/reduce.h b/include/spdk/reduce.h
index 03c996294..06f1b881f 100644
--- a/include/spdk/reduce.h
+++ b/include/spdk/reduce.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
 #include "spdk/uuid.h"
 
-#define REDUCE_MAX_IOVECS	17
+#define REDUCE_MAX_IOVECS	33
 
 /**
  * Describes the parameters of an spdk_reduce_vol.
diff --git a/test/compress/compress.sh b/test/compress/compress.sh
index 7ee601227..03dd4a9ba 100755
--- a/test/compress/compress.sh
+++ b/test/compress/compress.sh
@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@ mkdir -p /tmp/pmem
 run_bdevperf 32 4096 3
 run_bdevperf 32 4096 3 512
 run_bdevperf 32 4096 3 4096
+run_bdevio
 
 if [ $RUN_NIGHTLY -eq 1 ]; then
-	run_bdevio
 	run_bdevperf 64 16384 30
 
 	# run perf on nvmf target w/compressed vols