diff --git a/src/components/description_list/__snapshots__/description_list_title.test.tsx.snap b/src/components/description_list/__snapshots__/description_list_title.test.tsx.snap
index 0e27083ec4b..bd85e098124 100644
--- a/src/components/description_list/__snapshots__/description_list_title.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/components/description_list/__snapshots__/description_list_title.test.tsx.snap
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ exports[`EuiDescriptionListTitle EuiDescriptionListTitle prop variations align c
 
 exports[`EuiDescriptionListTitle EuiDescriptionListTitle prop variations compressed is rendered 1`] = `
 <dt
-  class="euiDescriptionList__title emotion-euiDescriptionList__title-row-normal"
+  class="euiDescriptionList__title emotion-euiDescriptionList__title-row-compressed"
 />
 `;
 
diff --git a/src/components/description_list/description_list_title.tsx b/src/components/description_list/description_list_title.tsx
index 8cee3537b61..a466c00ffbd 100644
--- a/src/components/description_list/description_list_title.tsx
+++ b/src/components/description_list/description_list_title.tsx
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export const EuiDescriptionListTitle: FunctionComponent<EuiDescriptionListTitleP
   const styles = euiDescriptionListTitleStyles(theme);
 
   let conditionalStyles =
-    compressed && textStyle === 'reverse'
+    compressed && textStyle !== 'reverse'
       ? [styles.fontStyles.compressed]
       : [styles.fontStyles[textStyle]];
 
diff --git a/upcoming_changelogs/6160.md b/upcoming_changelogs/6160.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e1601843bd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/upcoming_changelogs/6160.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+**Bug fixes**
+
+- Fixed the text size of `EuiDescriptionListTitle` when `EuiDescriptionList` is compressed
\ No newline at end of file