diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c
index 6c4dc52ac0b518d8fca9971f6986ca5474f33ab2..d276cd3edd8f51641db54dfb459cb2efe4fa7f91 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;
 	}