diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/builditem/NativeImageBuildItem.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/builditem/NativeImageBuildItem.java
index 8a140099907ff..24c78b3f2c278 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/builditem/NativeImageBuildItem.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/builditem/NativeImageBuildItem.java
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ public final class NativeImageBuildItem extends SimpleBuildItem {
 
     private final Path path;
     private final GraalVMVersion graalVMVersion;
+    private final boolean reused;
 
-    public NativeImageBuildItem(Path path, GraalVMVersion graalVMVersion) {
+    public NativeImageBuildItem(Path path, GraalVMVersion graalVMVersion, boolean reused) {
         this.path = path;
         this.graalVMVersion = graalVMVersion;
+        this.reused = reused;
     }
 
     public Path getPath() {
@@ -24,6 +26,10 @@ public GraalVMVersion getGraalVMInfo() {
         return graalVMVersion;
     }
 
+    public boolean isReused() {
+        return reused;
+    }
+
     public static class GraalVMVersion {
         private final String fullVersion;
         private final String version;
diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/NativeImageBuildStep.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/NativeImageBuildStep.java
index 48a3b83f1931c..ed752e1d310e4 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/NativeImageBuildStep.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/NativeImageBuildStep.java
@@ -209,7 +209,8 @@ public NativeImageBuildItem build(NativeConfig nativeConfig, LocalesBuildTimeCon
         if (nativeConfig.reuseExisting()) {
             if (Files.exists(finalExecutablePath)) {
                 return new NativeImageBuildItem(finalExecutablePath,
-                        NativeImageBuildItem.GraalVMVersion.unknown());
+                        NativeImageBuildItem.GraalVMVersion.unknown(),
+                        true);
             }
         }
 
@@ -297,7 +298,8 @@ public NativeImageBuildItem build(NativeConfig nativeConfig, LocalesBuildTimeCon
                     new NativeImageBuildItem.GraalVMVersion(graalVMVersion.fullVersion,
                             graalVMVersion.getVersionAsString(),
                             graalVMVersion.javaVersion.feature(),
-                            graalVMVersion.distribution.name()));
+                            graalVMVersion.distribution.name()),
+                    false);
         } catch (ImageGenerationFailureException e) {
             throw e;
         } catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/UpxCompressionBuildStep.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/UpxCompressionBuildStep.java
index 18807695b9529..16132697aa767 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/UpxCompressionBuildStep.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/UpxCompressionBuildStep.java
@@ -40,10 +40,15 @@ public void compress(NativeConfig nativeConfig, NativeImageRunnerBuildItem nativ
             NativeImageBuildItem image,
             BuildProducer<UpxCompressedBuildItem> upxCompressedProducer,
             BuildProducer<ArtifactResultBuildItem> artifactResultProducer) {
+
         if (nativeConfig.compression().level().isEmpty()) {
             log.debug("UPX compression disabled");
             return;
         }
+        if (image.isReused()) {
+            log.debug("Native executable reused: skipping compression");
+            return;
+        }
 
         String effectiveBuilderImage = nativeConfig.builderImage().getEffectiveImage();
         Optional<File> upxPathFromSystem = getUpxFromSystem();
@@ -53,16 +58,16 @@ public void compress(NativeConfig nativeConfig, NativeImageRunnerBuildItem nativ
                 throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to compress the native executable");
             }
         } else if (nativeConfig.remoteContainerBuild()) {
-            log.errorf("Compression of native executables is not yet implemented for remote container builds.");
+            log.error("Compression of native executables is not yet implemented for remote container builds.");
             throw new IllegalStateException(
                     "Unable to compress the native executable: Compression of native executables is not yet supported for remote container builds");
         } else if (nativeImageRunner.isContainerBuild()) {
-            log.infof("Running UPX from a container using the builder image: " + effectiveBuilderImage);
+            log.info("Running UPX from a container using the builder image: " + effectiveBuilderImage);
             if (!runUpxInContainer(image, nativeConfig, effectiveBuilderImage)) {
                 throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to compress the native executable");
             }
         } else {
-            log.errorf("Unable to compress the native executable. Either install `upx` from https://upx.github.io/" +
+            log.error("Unable to compress the native executable. Either install `upx` from https://upx.github.io/" +
                     " on your machine, or enable in-container build using `-Dquarkus.native.container-build=true`.");
             throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to compress the native executable: `upx` not available");
         }
@@ -90,12 +95,12 @@ private boolean runUpxFromHost(File upx, File executable, NativeConfig nativeCon
             ProcessUtil.streamOutputToSysOut(process);
             final int exitCode = process.waitFor();
             if (exitCode != 0) {
-                log.errorf("Command: " + String.join(" ", args) + " failed with exit code " + exitCode);
+                log.error("Command: " + String.join(" ", args) + " failed with exit code " + exitCode);
                 return false;
             }
             return true;
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            log.errorf("Command: " + String.join(" ", args) + " failed", e);
+            log.error("Command: " + String.join(" ", args) + " failed", e);
             return false;
         } finally {
             if (process != null) {
@@ -169,7 +174,7 @@ private boolean runUpxInContainer(NativeImageBuildItem nativeImage, NativeConfig
             }
             return true;
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            log.errorf("Command: " + String.join(" ", commandLine) + " failed", e);
+            log.error("Command: " + String.join(" ", commandLine) + " failed", e);
             return false;
         } finally {
             if (process != null) {