diff --git a/compactor/src/components/round_info_source/mod.rs b/compactor/src/components/round_info_source/mod.rs
index a1e5b96548..9260e1e4fc 100644
--- a/compactor/src/components/round_info_source/mod.rs
+++ b/compactor/src/components/round_info_source/mod.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ use std::{
     sync::Arc,
 };
 
-use crate::components::split_or_compact::start_level_files_to_split::split_into_chains;
+use crate::components::{
+    split_or_compact::start_level_files_to_split::split_into_chains, Components,
+};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use data_types::{CompactionLevel, ParquetFile, Timestamp};
 use itertools::Itertools;
@@ -17,9 +19,10 @@ use crate::{error::DynError, PartitionInfo, RoundInfo};
 pub trait RoundInfoSource: Debug + Display + Send + Sync {
     async fn calculate(
         &self,
+        components: Arc<Components>,
         partition_info: &PartitionInfo,
-        files: &[ParquetFile],
-    ) -> Result<RoundInfo, DynError>;
+        files: Vec<ParquetFile>,
+    ) -> Result<(RoundInfo, Vec<Vec<ParquetFile>>, Vec<ParquetFile>), DynError>;
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -43,12 +46,16 @@ impl Display for LoggingRoundInfoWrapper {
 impl RoundInfoSource for LoggingRoundInfoWrapper {
     async fn calculate(
         &self,
+        components: Arc<Components>,
         partition_info: &PartitionInfo,
-        files: &[ParquetFile],
-    ) -> Result<RoundInfo, DynError> {
-        let res = self.inner.calculate(partition_info, files).await;
-        if let Ok(round_info) = &res {
-            debug!(round_info_source=%self.inner, %round_info, "running round");
+        files: Vec<ParquetFile>,
+    ) -> Result<(RoundInfo, Vec<Vec<ParquetFile>>, Vec<ParquetFile>), DynError> {
+        let res = self
+            .inner
+            .calculate(components, partition_info, files)
+            .await;
+        if let Ok((round_info, branches, files_later)) = &res {
+            debug!(round_info_source=%self.inner, %round_info, branches=branches.len(), files_later=files_later.len(), "running round");
         }
         res
     }
@@ -169,25 +176,32 @@ impl LevelBasedRoundInfo {
 impl RoundInfoSource for LevelBasedRoundInfo {
     async fn calculate(
         &self,
+        components: Arc<Components>,
         _partition_info: &PartitionInfo,
-        files: &[ParquetFile],
-    ) -> Result<RoundInfo, DynError> {
+        files: Vec<ParquetFile>,
+    ) -> Result<(RoundInfo, Vec<Vec<ParquetFile>>, Vec<ParquetFile>), DynError> {
         let start_level = get_start_level(
-            files,
+            &files,
             self.max_num_files_per_plan,
             self.max_total_file_size_per_plan,
         );
 
-        if self.too_many_small_files_to_compact(files, start_level) {
-            return Ok(RoundInfo::ManySmallFiles {
+        let round_info = if self.too_many_small_files_to_compact(&files, start_level) {
+            RoundInfo::ManySmallFiles {
                 start_level,
                 max_num_files_to_group: self.max_num_files_per_plan,
                 max_total_file_size_to_group: self.max_total_file_size_per_plan,
-            });
-        }
+            }
+        } else {
+            let target_level = pick_level(&files);
+            RoundInfo::TargetLevel { target_level }
+        };
 
-        let target_level = pick_level(files);
-        Ok(RoundInfo::TargetLevel { target_level })
+        let (files_now, files_later) = components.round_split.split(files, round_info);
+
+        let branches = components.divide_initial.divide(files_now, round_info);
+
+        Ok((round_info, branches, files_later))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/compactor/src/driver.rs b/compactor/src/driver.rs
index 0aa975c44e..2862e88e45 100644
--- a/compactor/src/driver.rs
+++ b/compactor/src/driver.rs
@@ -230,11 +230,6 @@ async fn try_compact_partition(
             return Ok(());
         }
 
-        let round_info = components
-            .round_info_source
-            .calculate(&partition_info, &files)
-            .await?;
-
         // This is the stop condition which will be different for different version of compaction
         // and describe where the filter is created at version_specific_partition_filters function
         if !components
@@ -245,13 +240,14 @@ async fn try_compact_partition(
             return Ok(());
         }
 
-        let (files_now, files_later) = components.round_split.split(files, round_info);
-
-        // Each branch must not overlap with each other
-        let branches = components
-            .divide_initial
-            .divide(files_now, round_info)
-            .into_iter();
+        let (round_info, branches, files_later) = components
+            .round_info_source
+            .calculate(
+                Arc::<Components>::clone(&components),
+                &partition_info,
+                files,
+            )
+            .await?;
 
         files = files_later;