diff --git a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c
index 93b6139..a8497fab 100644
--- a/init/initramfs.c
+++ b/init/initramfs.c
@@ -455,6 +455,7 @@
 		}
 		this_header = 0;
 		decompress = decompress_method(buf, len, &compress_name);
+		pr_debug("Detected %s compressed data\n", compress_name);
 		if (decompress) {
 			res = decompress(buf, len, NULL, flush_buffer, NULL,
 				   &my_inptr, error);