diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
index d301ba23ea..157c6ab91e 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
@@ -3601,7 +3601,7 @@ impl Timeline {
                     ctx,
                 )
                 .await
-                .map_err(|e| FlushLayerError::from_anyhow(self, e))?;
+                .map_err(|e| FlushLayerError::from_anyhow(self, e.into()))?;
 
             if self.cancel.is_cancelled() {
                 return Err(FlushLayerError::Cancelled);
@@ -3840,16 +3840,20 @@ impl Timeline {
         partition_size: u64,
         flags: EnumSet<CompactFlags>,
         ctx: &RequestContext,
-    ) -> anyhow::Result<((KeyPartitioning, SparseKeyPartitioning), Lsn)> {
+    ) -> Result<((KeyPartitioning, SparseKeyPartitioning), Lsn), CompactionError> {
         let Ok(mut partitioning_guard) = self.partitioning.try_lock() else {
             // NB: there are two callers, one is the compaction task, of which there is only one per struct Tenant and hence Timeline.
             // The other is the initdb optimization in flush_frozen_layer, used by `boostrap_timeline`, which runs before `.activate()`
             // and hence before the compaction task starts.
-            anyhow::bail!("repartition() called concurrently, this should not happen");
+            return Err(CompactionError::Other(anyhow!(
+                "repartition() called concurrently, this should not happen"
+            )));
         };
         let ((dense_partition, sparse_partition), partition_lsn) = &*partitioning_guard;
         if lsn < *partition_lsn {
-            anyhow::bail!("repartition() called with LSN going backwards, this should not happen");
+            return Err(CompactionError::Other(anyhow!(
+                "repartition() called with LSN going backwards, this should not happen"
+            )));
         }
 
         let distance = lsn.0 - partition_lsn.0;
@@ -4451,6 +4455,12 @@ pub(crate) enum CompactionError {
     Other(anyhow::Error),
 }
 
+impl CompactionError {
+    pub fn is_cancelled(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(self, CompactionError::ShuttingDown)
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<CollectKeySpaceError> for CompactionError {
     fn from(err: CollectKeySpaceError) -> Self {
         match err {
diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/compaction.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/compaction.rs
index 6edc28a11b..3de386a2d5 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/compaction.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/compaction.rs
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ impl Timeline {
                 // error but continue.
                 //
                 // Suppress error when it's due to cancellation
-                if !self.cancel.is_cancelled() {
+                if !self.cancel.is_cancelled() && !err.is_cancelled() {
                     tracing::error!("could not compact, repartitioning keyspace failed: {err:?}");
                 }
                 (1, false)