diff --git a/db/compaction/compaction.cc b/db/compaction/compaction.cc
index 1c014663cb..fc76f93f1c 100644
--- a/db/compaction/compaction.cc
+++ b/db/compaction/compaction.cc
@@ -686,12 +686,11 @@ bool Compaction::KeyRangeNotExistsBeyondOutputLevel(
 };
 
 // Mark (or clear) each file that is being compacted
-void Compaction::MarkFilesBeingCompacted(bool mark_as_compacted) {
+void Compaction::MarkFilesBeingCompacted(bool being_compacted) const {
   for (size_t i = 0; i < num_input_levels(); i++) {
     for (size_t j = 0; j < inputs_[i].size(); j++) {
-      assert(mark_as_compacted ? !inputs_[i][j]->being_compacted
-                               : inputs_[i][j]->being_compacted);
-      inputs_[i][j]->being_compacted = mark_as_compacted;
+      assert(being_compacted != inputs_[i][j]->being_compacted);
+      inputs_[i][j]->being_compacted = being_compacted;
     }
   }
 }
@@ -735,7 +734,7 @@ uint64_t Compaction::CalculateTotalInputSize() const {
   return size;
 }
 
-void Compaction::ReleaseCompactionFiles(Status status) {
+void Compaction::ReleaseCompactionFiles(const Status& status) {
   MarkFilesBeingCompacted(false);
   cfd_->compaction_picker()->ReleaseCompactionFiles(this, status);
 }
diff --git a/db/compaction/compaction.h b/db/compaction/compaction.h
index 22157eb2c3..633e68a9ea 100644
--- a/db/compaction/compaction.h
+++ b/db/compaction/compaction.h
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ class Compaction {
   // Delete this compaction from the list of running compactions.
   //
   // Requirement: DB mutex held
-  void ReleaseCompactionFiles(Status status);
+  void ReleaseCompactionFiles(const Status& status);
 
   // Returns the summary of the compaction in "output" with maximum "len"
   // in bytes.  The caller is responsible for the memory management of
@@ -435,13 +435,13 @@ class Compaction {
                                       const int start_level,
                                       const int output_level);
 
+  // mark (or clear) all files that are being compacted
+  void MarkFilesBeingCompacted(bool being_compacted) const;
+
  private:
 
   Status InitInputTableProperties();
 
-  // mark (or clear) all files that are being compacted
-  void MarkFilesBeingCompacted(bool mark_as_compacted);
-
   // get the smallest and largest key present in files to be compacted
   static void GetBoundaryKeys(VersionStorageInfo* vstorage,
                               const std::vector<CompactionInputFiles>& inputs,
diff --git a/db/compaction/compaction_picker.cc b/db/compaction/compaction_picker.cc
index e049d95b24..cc47060b5f 100644
--- a/db/compaction/compaction_picker.cc
+++ b/db/compaction/compaction_picker.cc
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ CompactionPicker::CompactionPicker(const ImmutableOptions& ioptions,
 CompactionPicker::~CompactionPicker() = default;
 
 // Delete this compaction from the list of running compactions.
-void CompactionPicker::ReleaseCompactionFiles(Compaction* c, Status status) {
+void CompactionPicker::ReleaseCompactionFiles(Compaction* c,
+                                              const Status& status) {
   UnregisterCompaction(c);
   if (!status.ok()) {
     c->ResetNextCompactionIndex();
diff --git a/db/compaction/compaction_picker.h b/db/compaction/compaction_picker.h
index 88915d4594..087595a8a6 100644
--- a/db/compaction/compaction_picker.h
+++ b/db/compaction/compaction_picker.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class CompactionPicker {
   // Free up the files that participated in a compaction
   //
   // Requirement: DB mutex held
-  void ReleaseCompactionFiles(Compaction* c, Status status);
+  void ReleaseCompactionFiles(Compaction* c, const Status& status);
 
   // Returns true if any one of the specified files are being compacted
   bool AreFilesInCompaction(const std::vector<FileMetaData*>& files);
diff --git a/db/db_impl/db_impl_compaction_flush.cc b/db/db_impl/db_impl_compaction_flush.cc
index 14dd02b57f..3fb8af4477 100644
--- a/db/db_impl/db_impl_compaction_flush.cc
+++ b/db/db_impl/db_impl_compaction_flush.cc
@@ -1880,7 +1880,7 @@ Status DBImpl::ReFitLevel(ColumnFamilyData* cfd, int level, int target_level) {
     Status status = versions_->LogAndApply(cfd, mutable_cf_options,
                                            read_options, write_options, &edit,
                                            &mutex_, directories_.GetDbDir());
-
+    c->MarkFilesBeingCompacted(false);
     cfd->compaction_picker()->UnregisterCompaction(c.get());
     c.reset();
 
diff --git a/unreleased_history/bug_fixes/bug-refit-level.md b/unreleased_history/bug_fixes/bug-refit-level.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f41e699e6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unreleased_history/bug_fixes/bug-refit-level.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* Fix a bug in CompactRange() where result files may not be compacted in any future compaction. This can only happen when users configure CompactRangeOptions::change_level to true and the change level step of manual compaction fails (#13009).
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