1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c
index 4c00edc59689..b37d34beb90b 100644
--- a/init/initramfs.c
+++ b/init/initramfs.c
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ static unsigned my_inptr;   /* index of next byte to be processed in inbuf */
 
 static char * __init unpack_to_rootfs(char *buf, unsigned len)
 {
-        int written;
+        int written, res;
         decompress_fn decompress;
         const char *compress_name;
         static __initdata char msg_buf[64];
@@ -445,10 +445,12 @@ static char * __init unpack_to_rootfs(char *buf, unsigned len)
                 }
                 this_header = 0;
                 decompress = decompress_method(buf, len, &compress_name);
-                if (decompress)
-                        decompress(buf, len, NULL, flush_buffer, NULL,
+                if (decompress) {
+                        res = decompress(buf, len, NULL, flush_buffer, NULL,
                                    &my_inptr, error);
-                else if (compress_name) {
+                        if (res)
+                                error("decompressor failed");
+                } else if (compress_name) {
                         if (!message) {
                                 snprintf(msg_buf, sizeof msg_buf,
                                          "compression method %s not configured",