diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_format.h b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_format.h
index dd626bc..3a81f63 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_format.h
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_format.h
@@ -166,6 +166,13 @@
 static constexpr uint8_t kCowReadAheadInProgress = 1;
 static constexpr uint8_t kCowReadAheadDone = 2;
 
+static inline uint64_t GetCowOpSourceInfoData(const CowOperation* op) {
+    return op->source;
+}
+static inline bool GetCowOpSourceInfoCompression(const CowOperation* op) {
+    return op->compression != kCowCompressNone;
+}
+
 struct CowFooter {
     CowFooterOperation op;
     uint8_t unused[64];
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_reader.h b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_reader.h
index d0369e5..f4ce52f 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_reader.h
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_reader.h
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@
     bool ParseOps(std::optional<uint64_t> label);
     bool PrepMergeOps();
     uint64_t FindNumCopyops();
+    uint8_t GetCompressionType(const CowOperation* op);
 
     android::base::unique_fd owned_fd_;
     android::base::borrowed_fd fd_;
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_reader.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_reader.cpp
index cffc8de..489669a 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_reader.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_reader.cpp
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@
         case kCowSequenceOp:
         case kCowReplaceOp:
         case kCowXorOp:
-            return GetRawBytes(op->source, buffer, len, read);
+            return GetRawBytes(GetCowOpSourceInfoData(op), buffer, len, read);
         default:
             LOG(ERROR) << "Cannot get raw bytes of non-data op: " << *op;
             return false;
@@ -574,10 +574,14 @@
     size_t remaining_;
 };
 
+uint8_t CowReader::GetCompressionType(const CowOperation* op) {
+    return op->compression;
+}
+
 ssize_t CowReader::ReadData(const CowOperation* op, void* buffer, size_t buffer_size,
                             size_t ignore_bytes) {
     std::unique_ptr<IDecompressor> decompressor;
-    switch (op->compression) {
+    switch (GetCompressionType(op)) {
         case kCowCompressNone:
             break;
         case kCowCompressGz:
@@ -597,7 +601,7 @@
             }
             break;
         default:
-            LOG(ERROR) << "Unknown compression type: " << op->compression;
+            LOG(ERROR) << "Unknown compression type: " << GetCompressionType(op);
             return -1;
     }
 
@@ -605,7 +609,7 @@
     if (op->type == kCowXorOp) {
         offset = data_loc_->at(op->new_block);
     } else {
-        offset = op->source;
+        offset = GetCowOpSourceInfoData(op);
     }
 
     if (!decompressor) {
@@ -621,10 +625,10 @@
 bool CowReader::GetSourceOffset(const CowOperation* op, uint64_t* source_offset) {
     switch (op->type) {
         case kCowCopyOp:
-            *source_offset = op->source * header_.block_size;
+            *source_offset = GetCowOpSourceInfoData(op) * header_.block_size;
             return true;
         case kCowXorOp:
-            *source_offset = op->source;
+            *source_offset = GetCowOpSourceInfoData(op);
             return true;
         default:
             return false;
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/test_v2.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/test_v2.cpp
index 120b2c0..31b9a58 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/test_v2.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/test_v2.cpp
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
     op = iter->Get();
 
     ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowReplaceOp);
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->compression, kCowCompressNone);
+    ASSERT_FALSE(GetCowOpSourceInfoCompression(op));
     ASSERT_EQ(op->data_length, 4096);
     ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 50);
     ASSERT_TRUE(ReadData(reader, op, sink.data(), sink.size()));
@@ -224,10 +224,10 @@
     op = iter->Get();
 
     ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowXorOp);
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->compression, kCowCompressNone);
+    ASSERT_FALSE(GetCowOpSourceInfoCompression(op));
     ASSERT_EQ(op->data_length, 4096);
     ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 50);
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->source, 98314);  // 4096 * 24 + 10
+    ASSERT_EQ(GetCowOpSourceInfoData(op), 98314);  // 4096 * 24 + 10
     ASSERT_TRUE(ReadData(reader, op, sink.data(), sink.size()));
     ASSERT_EQ(sink, data);
 
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
     std::string sink(data.size(), '\0');
 
     ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowReplaceOp);
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->compression, kCowCompressGz);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(GetCowOpSourceInfoCompression(op));
     ASSERT_EQ(op->data_length, 56);  // compressed!
     ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 50);
     ASSERT_TRUE(ReadData(reader, op, sink.data(), sink.size()));
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
             total_blocks += 1;
             std::string sink(xor_data.size(), '\0');
             ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 50);
-            ASSERT_EQ(op->source, 98314);  // 4096 * 24 + 10
+            ASSERT_EQ(GetCowOpSourceInfoData(op), 98314);  // 4096 * 24 + 10
             ASSERT_TRUE(ReadData(reader, op, sink.data(), sink.size()));
             ASSERT_EQ(sink, xor_data);
         }
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@
     std::string sink(data.size(), '\0');
 
     ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowReplaceOp);
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->compression, kCowCompressGz);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(GetCowOpSourceInfoCompression(op));
     ASSERT_EQ(op->data_length, 56);  // compressed!
     ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 50);
     ASSERT_TRUE(ReadData(reader, op, sink.data(), sink.size()));
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@
 
     sink = {};
     sink.resize(data2.size(), '\0');
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->compression, kCowCompressGz);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(GetCowOpSourceInfoCompression(op));
     ASSERT_EQ(op->data_length, 41);  // compressed!
     ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 51);
     ASSERT_TRUE(ReadData(reader, op, sink.data(), sink.size()));
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@
 
     auto op = iter->Get();
     ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowReplaceOp);
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->compression, kCowCompressGz);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(GetCowOpSourceInfoCompression(op));
     ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 51);
     ASSERT_TRUE(ReadData(reader, op, sink.data(), sink.size()));
 }
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/dm-snapshot-merge/snapuserd.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/dm-snapshot-merge/snapuserd.cpp
index da9bd11..978a7f2 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/dm-snapshot-merge/snapuserd.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/dm-snapshot-merge/snapuserd.cpp
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@
             // the merge of operations are done based on the ops present
             // in the file.
             //===========================================================
-            uint64_t block_source = cow_op->source;
+            uint64_t block_source = GetCowOpSourceInfoData(cow_op);
             if (prev_id.has_value()) {
                 if (dest_blocks.count(cow_op->new_block) || source_blocks.count(block_source)) {
                     break;
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/dm-snapshot-merge/snapuserd_readahead.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/dm-snapshot-merge/snapuserd_readahead.cpp
index a32c2bf..d5fbe91 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/dm-snapshot-merge/snapuserd_readahead.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/dm-snapshot-merge/snapuserd_readahead.cpp
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
 }
 
 void ReadAheadThread::CheckOverlap(const CowOperation* cow_op) {
-    uint64_t source_block = cow_op->source;
+    uint64_t source_block = GetCowOpSourceInfoData(cow_op);
     if (dest_blocks_.count(cow_op->new_block) || source_blocks_.count(source_block)) {
         overlap_ = true;
     }
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
         // Get the first block with offset
         const CowOperation* cow_op = GetRAOpIter();
         CHECK_NE(cow_op, nullptr);
-        *source_offset = cow_op->source;
+        *source_offset = GetCowOpSourceInfoData(cow_op);
         if (cow_op->type == kCowCopyOp) {
             *source_offset *= BLOCK_SZ;
         }
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
         while (!RAIterDone() && num_ops) {
             const CowOperation* op = GetRAOpIter();
             CHECK_NE(op, nullptr);
-            uint64_t next_offset = op->source;
+            uint64_t next_offset = GetCowOpSourceInfoData(op);
             if (op->type == kCowCopyOp) {
                 next_offset *= BLOCK_SZ;
             }