diff --git a/compaction/compaction_manager.cc b/compaction/compaction_manager.cc
index 25be1dedfa..efd1a7fd4f 100644
--- a/compaction/compaction_manager.cc
+++ b/compaction/compaction_manager.cc
@@ -2175,7 +2175,8 @@ future<compaction_manager::compaction_stats_opt> compaction_manager::perform_sst
 }
 
 compaction::compaction_state::compaction_state(table_state& t)
-    : backlog_tracker(t.get_compaction_strategy().make_backlog_tracker())
+    : gate(format("compaction_state for table {}.{}", t.schema()->ks_name(), t.schema()->cf_name()))
+    , backlog_tracker(t.get_compaction_strategy().make_backlog_tracker())
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/compaction/compaction_state.hh b/compaction/compaction_state.hh
index c2a49371fa..9ae70be66b 100644
--- a/compaction/compaction_state.hh
+++ b/compaction/compaction_state.hh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ namespace compaction {
 struct compaction_state {
     // Used both by compaction tasks that refer to the compaction_state
     // and by any function running under run_with_compaction_disabled().
-    seastar::gate gate;
+    seastar::named_gate gate;
 
     // Prevents table from running major and minor compaction at the same time.
     seastar::rwlock lock;