diff --git a/init/do_mounts_rd.c b/init/do_mounts_rd.c
index a015e26..91d0cfc 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts_rd.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts_rd.c
@@ -79,9 +79,12 @@
 	sys_read(fd, buf, size);
 
 	*decompressor = decompress_method(buf, size, &compress_name);
-	if (*decompressor) {
+	if (compress_name) {
 		printk(KERN_NOTICE "RAMDISK: %s image found at block %d\n",
 		       compress_name, start_block);
+		if (!*decompressor)
+			printk(KERN_CRIT "RAMDISK: %s decompressor not configured!\n",
+			       compress_name);
 		nblocks = 0;
 		goto done;
 	}