diff --git a/test/e2e/compact_test.go b/test/e2e/compact_test.go
index e7fc6a03339..daa2fa615e1 100644
--- a/test/e2e/compact_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/compact_test.go
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ func testCompactWithStoreGateway(t *testing.T, penaltyDedup bool) {
 		// NOTE: We cannot assert on intermediate `thanos_blocks_meta_` metrics as those are gauge and change dynamically due to many
 		// compaction groups. Wait for at least first compaction iteration (next is in 5m).
 		testutil.Ok(t, c.WaitSumMetricsWithOptions(e2emon.Greater(0), []string{"thanos_compact_iterations_total"}, e2emon.WaitMissingMetrics()))
-		testutil.Ok(t, c.WaitSumMetricsWithOptions(e2emon.Equals(18), []string{"thanos_compact_blocks_cleaned_total"}, e2emon.WaitMissingMetrics()))
+		testutil.Ok(t, c.WaitSumMetricsWithOptions(e2emon.Equals(19), []string{"thanos_compact_blocks_cleaned_total"}, e2emon.WaitMissingMetrics()))
 		testutil.Ok(t, c.WaitSumMetricsWithOptions(e2emon.Equals(0), []string{"thanos_compact_block_cleanup_failures_total"}, e2emon.WaitMissingMetrics()))
 		testutil.Ok(t, c.WaitSumMetricsWithOptions(e2emon.Equals(0), []string{"thanos_compact_aborted_partial_uploads_deletion_attempts_total"}, e2emon.WaitMissingMetrics()))
 		testutil.Ok(t, c.WaitSumMetricsWithOptions(e2emon.Equals(0), []string{"thanos_compact_group_compactions_total"}, e2emon.WaitMissingMetrics()))
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ func testCompactWithStoreGateway(t *testing.T, penaltyDedup bool) {
 		testutil.Ok(t, c.WaitSumMetricsWithOptions(e2emon.Equals(7), []string{"thanos_compact_group_compaction_runs_started_total"}, e2emon.WaitMissingMetrics()))
 		testutil.Ok(t, c.WaitSumMetricsWithOptions(e2emon.Equals(7), []string{"thanos_compact_group_compaction_runs_completed_total"}, e2emon.WaitMissingMetrics()))
 
-		testutil.Ok(t, c.WaitSumMetricsWithOptions(e2emon.Equals(0), []string{"thanos_compact_downsample_total"}, e2emon.WaitMissingMetrics()))
+		testutil.Ok(t, c.WaitSumMetricsWithOptions(e2emon.Equals(2), []string{"thanos_compact_downsample_total"}, e2emon.WaitMissingMetrics()))
 		testutil.Ok(t, c.WaitSumMetricsWithOptions(e2emon.Equals(0), []string{"thanos_compact_downsample_failures_total"}, e2emon.WaitMissingMetrics()))
 
 		testutil.Ok(t, str.WaitSumMetricsWithOptions(