diff --git a/db/db_impl_compaction_flush.cc b/db/db_impl_compaction_flush.cc
index e9a5eee5e23e2ff1ef09bdcd208153b14bed9865..16b0f12c6119ab21759e198fd22f5be11c26c28f 100644
--- a/db/db_impl_compaction_flush.cc
+++ b/db/db_impl_compaction_flush.cc
@@ -1668,6 +1668,7 @@ Status DBImpl::BackgroundCompaction(bool* made_progress,
           // Don't need to sleep here, because BackgroundCallCompaction
           // will sleep if !s.ok()
           status = Status::CompactionTooLarge();
+          RecordTick(stats_, COMPACTION_CANCELLED, 1);
         } else {
           // update statistics
           MeasureTime(stats_, NUM_FILES_IN_SINGLE_COMPACTION,
diff --git a/db/db_sst_test.cc b/db/db_sst_test.cc
index c48d789e6b338dd0a34a55d10f0d42ec8a93182c..b6d55e27d8b063e71c2ba262bb122daa1c601c8d 100644
--- a/db/db_sst_test.cc
+++ b/db/db_sst_test.cc
@@ -547,13 +547,12 @@ TEST_F(DBSSTTest, CancellingCompactionsWorks) {
   Options options = CurrentOptions();
   options.sst_file_manager = sst_file_manager;
   options.level0_file_num_compaction_trigger = 2;
+  options.statistics = CreateDBStatistics();
   DestroyAndReopen(options);
 
-  int cancelled_compaction = 0;
   int completed_compactions = 0;
   rocksdb::SyncPoint::GetInstance()->SetCallBack(
       "DBImpl::BackgroundCompaction():CancelledCompaction", [&](void* arg) {
-        cancelled_compaction++;
         sfm->SetMaxAllowedSpaceUsage(0);
       });
   rocksdb::SyncPoint::GetInstance()->SetCallBack(
@@ -580,9 +579,10 @@ TEST_F(DBSSTTest, CancellingCompactionsWorks) {
   ASSERT_OK(Flush());
   dbfull()->TEST_WaitForCompact(true);
 
-  ASSERT_GT(cancelled_compaction, 0);
   ASSERT_GT(completed_compactions, 0);
   ASSERT_EQ(sfm->GetCompactionsReservedSize(), 0);
+  // Make sure the stat is bumped
+  ASSERT_GT(dbfull()->immutable_db_options().statistics.get()->getTickerCount(COMPACTION_CANCELLED), 0);
   rocksdb::SyncPoint::GetInstance()->DisableProcessing();
 }
 
diff --git a/include/rocksdb/statistics.h b/include/rocksdb/statistics.h
index 8cf8b7d3e60547ce3e685c79c7cb444593b79fce..7fa287f0bd1d495106689fcc8280342feac5dae0 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/statistics.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/statistics.h
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ enum Tickers : uint32_t {
   COMPACTION_RANGE_DEL_DROP_OBSOLETE,  // all keys in range were deleted.
   // Deletions obsoleted before bottom level due to file gap optimization.
   COMPACTION_OPTIMIZED_DEL_DROP_OBSOLETE,
+  // If a compaction was cancelled in sfm to prevent ENOSPC
+  COMPACTION_CANCELLED,
 
   // Number of keys written to the database via the Put and Write call's
   NUMBER_KEYS_WRITTEN,
@@ -347,6 +349,8 @@ const std::vector<std::pair<Tickers, std::string>> TickersNameMap = {
      "rocksdb.compaction.range_del.drop.obsolete"},
     {COMPACTION_OPTIMIZED_DEL_DROP_OBSOLETE,
      "rocksdb.compaction.optimized.del.drop.obsolete"},
+    {COMPACTION_CANCELLED,
+     "rocksdb.compaction.cancelled"},
     {NUMBER_KEYS_WRITTEN, "rocksdb.number.keys.written"},
     {NUMBER_KEYS_READ, "rocksdb.number.keys.read"},
     {NUMBER_KEYS_UPDATED, "rocksdb.number.keys.updated"},