1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c
index 6c4dc52ac0b5..d276cd3edd8f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c
@@ -581,6 +581,9 @@ static int nvram_pstore_write(enum pstore_type_id type,
         oops_hdr->report_length = (u16) size;
         oops_hdr->timestamp = get_seconds();
 
+        if (compressed)
+                err_type = ERR_TYPE_KERNEL_PANIC_GZ;
+
         rc = nvram_write_os_partition(&oops_log_partition, oops_buf,
                 (int) (sizeof(*oops_hdr) + size), err_type, count);
 
@@ -687,6 +690,11 @@ static ssize_t nvram_pstore_read(u64 *id, enum pstore_type_id *type,
                         return -ENOMEM;
                 memcpy(*buf, buff + hdr_size, length);
                 kfree(buff);
+
+                if (err_type == ERR_TYPE_KERNEL_PANIC_GZ)
+                        *compressed = true;
+                else
+                        *compressed = false;
                 return length;
         }