diff --git a/cache/compressed_secondary_cache.cc b/cache/compressed_secondary_cache.cc
index ef2417f8d8..4d3d0a2cdd 100644
--- a/cache/compressed_secondary_cache.cc
+++ b/cache/compressed_secondary_cache.cc
@@ -79,7 +79,11 @@ std::unique_ptr<SecondaryCacheResultHandle> CompressedSecondaryCache::Lookup(
     data_ptr = GetVarint32Ptr(data_ptr, data_ptr + 1,
                               static_cast<uint32_t*>(&source_32));
     source = static_cast<CacheTier>(source_32);
-    handle_value_charge -= (data_ptr - ptr->get());
+    uint64_t data_size = 0;
+    data_ptr = GetVarint64Ptr(data_ptr, ptr->get() + handle_value_charge,
+                              static_cast<uint64_t*>(&data_size));
+    assert(handle_value_charge > data_size);
+    handle_value_charge = data_size;
   }
   MemoryAllocator* allocator = cache_options_.memory_allocator.get();
 
@@ -169,13 +173,15 @@ Status CompressedSecondaryCache::InsertInternal(
   }
 
   auto internal_helper = GetHelper(cache_options_.enable_custom_split_merge);
-  char header[10];
+  char header[20];
   char* payload = header;
   payload = EncodeVarint32(payload, static_cast<uint32_t>(type));
   payload = EncodeVarint32(payload, static_cast<uint32_t>(source));
+  size_t data_size = (*helper->size_cb)(value);
+  char* data_size_ptr = payload;
+  payload = EncodeVarint64(payload, data_size);
 
   size_t header_size = payload - header;
-  size_t data_size = (*helper->size_cb)(value);
   size_t total_size = data_size + header_size;
   CacheAllocationPtr ptr =
       AllocateBlock(total_size, cache_options_.memory_allocator.get());
@@ -210,6 +216,8 @@ Status CompressedSecondaryCache::InsertInternal(
 
     val = Slice(compressed_val);
     data_size = compressed_val.size();
+    payload = EncodeVarint64(data_size_ptr, data_size);
+    header_size = payload - header;
     total_size = header_size + data_size;
     PERF_COUNTER_ADD(compressed_sec_cache_compressed_bytes, data_size);
 
@@ -222,14 +230,21 @@ Status CompressedSecondaryCache::InsertInternal(
 
   PERF_COUNTER_ADD(compressed_sec_cache_insert_real_count, 1);
   if (cache_options_.enable_custom_split_merge) {
-    size_t charge{0};
-    CacheValueChunk* value_chunks_head =
-        SplitValueIntoChunks(val, cache_options_.compression_type, charge);
-    return cache_->Insert(key, value_chunks_head, internal_helper, charge);
+    size_t split_charge{0};
+    CacheValueChunk* value_chunks_head = SplitValueIntoChunks(
+        val, cache_options_.compression_type, split_charge);
+    return cache_->Insert(key, value_chunks_head, internal_helper,
+                          split_charge);
   } else {
+#ifdef ROCKSDB_MALLOC_USABLE_SIZE
+    size_t charge = malloc_usable_size(ptr.get());
+#else
+    size_t charge = total_size;
+#endif
     std::memcpy(ptr.get(), header, header_size);
     CacheAllocationPtr* buf = new CacheAllocationPtr(std::move(ptr));
-    return cache_->Insert(key, buf, internal_helper, total_size);
+    charge += sizeof(CacheAllocationPtr);
+    return cache_->Insert(key, buf, internal_helper, charge);
   }
 }
 
@@ -398,6 +413,21 @@ const Cache::CacheItemHelper* CompressedSecondaryCache::GetHelper(
   }
 }
 
+size_t CompressedSecondaryCache::TEST_GetCharge(const Slice& key) {
+  Cache::Handle* lru_handle = cache_->Lookup(key);
+  if (lru_handle == nullptr) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  size_t charge = cache_->GetCharge(lru_handle);
+  if (cache_->Value(lru_handle) != nullptr &&
+      !cache_options_.enable_custom_split_merge) {
+    charge -= 10;
+  }
+  cache_->Release(lru_handle, /*erase_if_last_ref=*/false);
+  return charge;
+}
+
 std::shared_ptr<SecondaryCache>
 CompressedSecondaryCacheOptions::MakeSharedSecondaryCache() const {
   return std::make_shared<CompressedSecondaryCache>(*this);
diff --git a/cache/compressed_secondary_cache.h b/cache/compressed_secondary_cache.h
index 90e134fcf5..45eab656e4 100644
--- a/cache/compressed_secondary_cache.h
+++ b/cache/compressed_secondary_cache.h
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ class CompressedSecondaryCache : public SecondaryCache {
                         const Cache::CacheItemHelper* helper,
                         CompressionType type, CacheTier source);
 
+  size_t TEST_GetCharge(const Slice& key);
+
   // TODO: clean up to use cleaner interfaces in typed_cache.h
   const Cache::CacheItemHelper* GetHelper(bool enable_custom_split_merge) const;
   std::shared_ptr<Cache> cache_;
diff --git a/cache/compressed_secondary_cache_test.cc b/cache/compressed_secondary_cache_test.cc
index 058a80dd71..071601783b 100644
--- a/cache/compressed_secondary_cache_test.cc
+++ b/cache/compressed_secondary_cache_test.cc
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ class CompressedSecondaryCacheTestBase : public testing::Test,
  protected:
   void BasicTestHelper(std::shared_ptr<SecondaryCache> sec_cache,
                        bool sec_cache_is_compressed) {
+    CompressedSecondaryCache* comp_sec_cache =
+        static_cast<CompressedSecondaryCache*>(sec_cache.get());
     get_perf_context()->Reset();
     bool kept_in_sec_cache{true};
     // Lookup an non-existent key.
@@ -66,6 +68,8 @@ class CompressedSecondaryCacheTestBase : public testing::Test,
     ASSERT_OK(sec_cache->Insert(key1, &item1, GetHelper(), false));
     ASSERT_EQ(get_perf_context()->compressed_sec_cache_insert_real_count, 1);
 
+    ASSERT_GT(comp_sec_cache->TEST_GetCharge(key1), 1000);
+
     std::unique_ptr<SecondaryCacheResultHandle> handle1_2 =
         sec_cache->Lookup(key1, GetHelper(), this, true, /*advise_erase=*/true,
                           /*stats=*/nullptr, kept_in_sec_cache);
diff --git a/unreleased_history/bug_fixes/compressed_secondary_cache_account.md b/unreleased_history/bug_fixes/compressed_secondary_cache_account.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07c73b85eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unreleased_history/bug_fixes/compressed_secondary_cache_account.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix under counting of allocated memory in the compressed secondary cache due to looking at the compressed block size rather than the actual memory allocated, which could be larger due to internal fragmentation.