diff --git a/app/code/Magento/PageCache/etc/varnish6.vcl b/app/code/Magento/PageCache/etc/varnish6.vcl
index 16dd9505e834b..9bbdb3568e026 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/PageCache/etc/varnish6.vcl
+++ b/app/code/Magento/PageCache/etc/varnish6.vcl
@@ -23,10 +23,27 @@ acl purge {
 }
 
 sub vcl_recv {
+
+    # Compression filter. See https://www.varnish-cache.org/trac/wiki/FAQ/Compression
+    if (req.http.Accept-Encoding) {
+        if (req.url ~ "\.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|gz|tgz|bz2|tbz|mp3|ogg|swf|flv)$") {
+            # No point in compressing these
+            unset req.http.Accept-Encoding;
+        } elsif (req.http.Accept-Encoding ~ "gzip") {
+            set req.http.Accept-Encoding = "gzip";
+        } elsif (req.http.Accept-Encoding ~ "deflate" && req.http.user-agent !~ "MSIE") {
+            set req.http.Accept-Encoding = "deflate";
+        } else {
+            # unknown algorithm
+            unset req.http.Accept-Encoding;
+        }
+    }
+
+
     if (req.restarts > 0) {
         set req.hash_always_miss = true;
     }
-
+    
     if (req.method == "PURGE") {
         if (client.ip !~ purge) {
             return (synth(405, "Method not allowed"));
@@ -81,21 +98,6 @@ sub vcl_recv {
     # collect all cookies
     std.collect(req.http.Cookie);
 
-    # Compression filter. See https://www.varnish-cache.org/trac/wiki/FAQ/Compression
-    if (req.http.Accept-Encoding) {
-        if (req.url ~ "\.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|gz|tgz|bz2|tbz|mp3|ogg|swf|flv)$") {
-            # No point in compressing these
-            unset req.http.Accept-Encoding;
-        } elsif (req.http.Accept-Encoding ~ "gzip") {
-            set req.http.Accept-Encoding = "gzip";
-        } elsif (req.http.Accept-Encoding ~ "deflate" && req.http.user-agent !~ "MSIE") {
-            set req.http.Accept-Encoding = "deflate";
-        } else {
-            # unknown algorithm
-            unset req.http.Accept-Encoding;
-        }
-    }
-
     # Remove all marketing get parameters to minimize the cache objects
     if (req.url ~ "(\?|&)(gclid|cx|ie|cof|siteurl|zanpid|origin|fbclid|mc_[a-z]+|utm_[a-z]+|_bta_[a-z]+)=") {
         set req.url = regsuball(req.url, "(gclid|cx|ie|cof|siteurl|zanpid|origin|fbclid|mc_[a-z]+|utm_[a-z]+|_bta_[a-z]+)=[-_A-z0-9+()%.]+&?", "");