diff --git a/compress.cc b/compress.cc
index 7fcf540b0b..56174bc4ff 100644
--- a/compress.cc
+++ b/compress.cc
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
 #include "exceptions/exceptions.hh"
 #include "utils/class_registrator.hh"
 
-const sstring compressor::namespace_prefix = "org.apache.cassandra.io.compress.";
+sstring compressor::make_name(std::string_view short_name) {
+    return seastar::format("org.apache.cassandra.io.compress.{}", short_name);
+}
 
 class lz4_processor: public compressor {
 public:
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ compressor::ptr_type compressor::create(const sstring& name, const opt_getter& o
         return {};
     }
 
-    qualified_name qn(namespace_prefix, name);
+    qualified_name qn(make_name(""), name);
 
     for (auto& c : { lz4, snappy, deflate }) {
         if (c->name() == static_cast<const sstring&>(qn)) {
@@ -91,9 +93,9 @@ shared_ptr<compressor> compressor::create(const std::map<sstring, sstring>& opti
     return {};
 }
 
-thread_local const shared_ptr<compressor> compressor::lz4 = ::make_shared<lz4_processor>(namespace_prefix + "LZ4Compressor");
-thread_local const shared_ptr<compressor> compressor::snappy = ::make_shared<snappy_processor>(namespace_prefix + "SnappyCompressor");
-thread_local const shared_ptr<compressor> compressor::deflate = ::make_shared<deflate_processor>(namespace_prefix + "DeflateCompressor");
+thread_local const shared_ptr<compressor> compressor::lz4 = ::make_shared<lz4_processor>(make_name("LZ4Compressor"));
+thread_local const shared_ptr<compressor> compressor::snappy = ::make_shared<snappy_processor>(make_name("SnappyCompressor"));
+thread_local const shared_ptr<compressor> compressor::deflate = ::make_shared<deflate_processor>(make_name("DeflateCompressor"));
 
 const sstring compression_parameters::SSTABLE_COMPRESSION = "sstable_compression";
 const sstring compression_parameters::CHUNK_LENGTH_KB = "chunk_length_in_kb";
diff --git a/compress.hh b/compress.hh
index e468b5a13a..71d7da0773 100644
--- a/compress.hh
+++ b/compress.hh
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public:
     static thread_local const ptr_type snappy;
     static thread_local const ptr_type deflate;
 
-    static const sstring namespace_prefix;
+    static sstring make_name(std::string_view short_name);
 };
 
 template<typename BaseType, typename... Args>
diff --git a/sstables/compress.cc b/sstables/compress.cc
index a85e1d7d9d..957c72deca 100644
--- a/sstables/compress.cc
+++ b/sstables/compress.cc
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ size_t local_compression::compress_max_size(size_t input_len) const {
 
 void compression::set_compressor(compressor_ptr c) {
     if (c) {
-        unqualified_name uqn(compressor::namespace_prefix, c->name());
+        unqualified_name uqn(compressor::make_name(""), c->name());
         const sstring& cn = uqn;
         name.value = bytes(cn.begin(), cn.end());
         for (auto& [k, v] : c->options()) {
diff --git a/zstd.cc b/zstd.cc
index 00c50ba2af..c066e53701 100644
--- a/zstd.cc
+++ b/zstd.cc
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include <concepts>
 
 static const sstring COMPRESSION_LEVEL = "compression_level";
-static const sstring COMPRESSOR_NAME = compressor::namespace_prefix + "ZstdCompressor";
+static const sstring COMPRESSOR_NAME = compressor::make_name("ZstdCompressor");
 static const size_t DCTX_SIZE = ZSTD_estimateDCtxSize();
 
 class zstd_processor : public compressor {