diff --git a/rosbag2_compression/test/rosbag2_compression/test_sequential_compression_writer.cpp b/rosbag2_compression/test/rosbag2_compression/test_sequential_compression_writer.cpp
index 2b5071952..8b67f5ec7 100644
--- a/rosbag2_compression/test/rosbag2_compression/test_sequential_compression_writer.cpp
+++ b/rosbag2_compression/test/rosbag2_compression/test_sequential_compression_writer.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "rosbag2_cpp/writer.hpp"
 
 #include "rosbag2_storage/storage_options.hpp"
+#include "rosbag2_storage/ros_helper.hpp"
 
 #include "mock_converter_factory.hpp"
 #include "mock_metadata_io.hpp"
@@ -624,6 +625,82 @@ TEST_P(SequentialCompressionWriterTest, split_event_calls_callback_with_file_com
   }
 }
 
+TEST_F(SequentialCompressionWriterTest, snapshot_writes_with_splitting_and_file_compression)
+{
+  tmp_dir_storage_options_.max_bagfile_size = 0;
+  tmp_dir_storage_options_.max_cache_size = 200;
+  tmp_dir_storage_options_.snapshot_mode = true;
+
+  initializeFakeFileStorage();
+  // Expect a single write call when the snapshot is triggered
+  EXPECT_CALL(
+    *storage_, write(
+      An<const std::vector<std::shared_ptr<const rosbag2_storage::SerializedBagMessage>> &>())
+  ).Times(1);
+
+  rosbag2_compression::CompressionOptions compression_options {
+    DefaultTestCompressor,
+    rosbag2_compression::CompressionMode::FILE,
+    1,
+    1,
+    kDefaultCompressionQueueThreadsPriority
+  };
+  initializeWriter(compression_options);
+
+  std::vector<std::string> closed_files;
+  std::vector<std::string> opened_files;
+  rosbag2_cpp::bag_events::WriterEventCallbacks callbacks;
+  callbacks.write_split_callback =
+    [&closed_files, &opened_files](rosbag2_cpp::bag_events::BagSplitInfo & info) {
+      closed_files.emplace_back(info.closed_file);
+      opened_files.emplace_back(info.opened_file);
+    };
+  writer_->add_event_callbacks(callbacks);
+
+  std::string rmw_format = "rmw_format";
+
+  std::string msg_content = "Hello";
+  auto msg_length = msg_content.length();
+  auto message = std::make_shared<rosbag2_storage::SerializedBagMessage>();
+  message->topic_name = "test_topic";
+  message->serialized_data =
+    rosbag2_storage::make_serialized_message(msg_content.c_str(), msg_length);
+
+  writer_->open(tmp_dir_storage_options_, {rmw_format, rmw_format});
+  writer_->create_topic({0u, "test_topic", "test_msgs/BasicTypes", "", {}, ""});
+
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+    writer_->write(message);
+  }
+  writer_->take_snapshot();
+  writer_->close();
+
+  EXPECT_THAT(closed_files.size(), 2);
+  EXPECT_THAT(opened_files.size(), 2);
+
+  if (!((closed_files.size() == opened_files.size()) && (opened_files.size() == 2))) {
+    // Output debug info
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < opened_files.size(); i++) {
+      std::cout << "opened_file[" << i << "] = '" << opened_files[i] <<
+        "'; closed_file[" << i << "] = '" << closed_files[i] << "';" << std::endl;
+    }
+  }
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(opened_files.size(), 2);
+  ASSERT_EQ(closed_files.size(), 2);
+
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+    auto expected_closed = fs::path(tmp_dir_storage_options_.uri) /
+      (bag_base_dir_ + "_" + std::to_string(i) + "." + DefaultTestCompressor);
+    auto expected_opened = (i == 1) ?
+      // The last opened file shall be empty string when we do "writer->close();"
+      "" : fs::path(tmp_dir_storage_options_.uri) /
+      (bag_base_dir_ + "_" + std::to_string(i + 1));
+    ASSERT_STREQ(closed_files[i].c_str(), expected_closed.generic_string().c_str());
+    ASSERT_STREQ(opened_files[i].c_str(), expected_opened.generic_string().c_str());
+  }
+}
+
 INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(
   SequentialCompressionWriterTestQueueSizes,
   SequentialCompressionWriterTest,
diff --git a/rosbag2_cpp/src/rosbag2_cpp/writers/sequential_writer.cpp b/rosbag2_cpp/src/rosbag2_cpp/writers/sequential_writer.cpp
index 1c0bbeda8..1459bfa9b 100644
--- a/rosbag2_cpp/src/rosbag2_cpp/writers/sequential_writer.cpp
+++ b/rosbag2_cpp/src/rosbag2_cpp/writers/sequential_writer.cpp
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ bool SequentialWriter::take_snapshot()
   // Note: Information about start, duration and num messages for the current file in metadata_
   // will be updated in the write_messages(..), when cache_consumer call it as a callback.
   message_cache_->notify_data_ready();
-  (void)split_bagfile_local(true);
+  split_bagfile();
   return true;
 }