diff --git a/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/mergetree/MergeTreeWriter.java b/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/mergetree/MergeTreeWriter.java
index f525c66667aaf..17673fc06fa7e 100644
--- a/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/mergetree/MergeTreeWriter.java
+++ b/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/mergetree/MergeTreeWriter.java
@@ -241,10 +241,18 @@ private void flushWriteBuffer(boolean waitForLatestCompaction, boolean forcedFul
     @Override
     public CommitIncrement prepareCommit(boolean waitCompaction) throws Exception {
         flushWriteBuffer(waitCompaction, false);
-        trySyncLatestCompaction(
-                waitCompaction
-                        || commitForceCompact
-                        || compactManager.shouldWaitForPreparingCheckpoint());
+        if (commitForceCompact) {
+            waitCompaction = true;
+        }
+        // Decide again whether to wait here.
+        // For example, in the case of repeated failures in writing, it is possible that Level 0
+        // files were successfully committed, but failed to restart during the compaction phase,
+        // which may result in an increasing number of Level 0 files. This wait can avoid this
+        // situation.
+        if (compactManager.shouldWaitForPreparingCheckpoint()) {
+            waitCompaction = true;
+        }
+        trySyncLatestCompaction(waitCompaction);
         return drainIncrement();
     }
 
diff --git a/paimon-core/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/mergetree/MergeTreeTestBase.java b/paimon-core/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/mergetree/MergeTreeTestBase.java
index a1e55f73fc56d..3f9bd3e6ea851 100644
--- a/paimon-core/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/mergetree/MergeTreeTestBase.java
+++ b/paimon-core/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/mergetree/MergeTreeTestBase.java
@@ -133,12 +133,15 @@ private SchemaManager createTestingSchemaManager(Path path) {
     }
 
     private void recreateMergeTree(long targetFileSize) {
-        Options configuration = new Options();
-        configuration.set(CoreOptions.WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE, new MemorySize(4096 * 3));
-        configuration.set(CoreOptions.PAGE_SIZE, new MemorySize(4096));
-        configuration.set(CoreOptions.TARGET_FILE_SIZE, new MemorySize(targetFileSize));
-        configuration.set(CoreOptions.SORT_ENGINE, getSortEngine());
-        options = new CoreOptions(configuration);
+        Options options = new Options();
+        options.set(CoreOptions.WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE, new MemorySize(4096 * 3));
+        options.set(CoreOptions.PAGE_SIZE, new MemorySize(4096));
+        options.set(CoreOptions.TARGET_FILE_SIZE, new MemorySize(targetFileSize));
+        options.set(CoreOptions.SORT_ENGINE, getSortEngine());
+        options.set(
+                CoreOptions.NUM_SORTED_RUNS_STOP_TRIGGER,
+                options.get(CoreOptions.NUM_SORTED_RUNS_COMPACTION_TRIGGER) + 1);
+        this.options = new CoreOptions(options);
         RowType keyType = new RowType(singletonList(new DataField(0, "k", new IntType())));
         RowType valueType = new RowType(singletonList(new DataField(0, "v", new IntType())));
 
@@ -188,9 +191,9 @@ public List<DataField> valueFields(TableSchema schema) {
                         valueType,
                         flushingAvro,
                         pathFactoryMap,
-                        options.targetFileSize());
-        writerFactory = writerFactoryBuilder.build(BinaryRow.EMPTY_ROW, 0, options);
-        compactWriterFactory = writerFactoryBuilder.build(BinaryRow.EMPTY_ROW, 0, options);
+                        this.options.targetFileSize());
+        writerFactory = writerFactoryBuilder.build(BinaryRow.EMPTY_ROW, 0, this.options);
+        compactWriterFactory = writerFactoryBuilder.build(BinaryRow.EMPTY_ROW, 0, this.options);
         writer = createMergeTreeWriter(Collections.emptyList());
     }