diff --git a/fs/pstore/platform.c b/fs/pstore/platform.c
index cdf5b8ae2583..74a60bae2b23 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/platform.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/platform.c
@@ -275,6 +275,9 @@ static int pstore_compress(const void *in, void *out,
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PSTORE_COMPRESSION))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	ret = crypto_comp_compress(tfm, in, inlen, out, &outlen);
 	if (ret) {
 		pr_err("crypto_comp_compress failed, ret = %d!\n", ret);
@@ -661,7 +664,7 @@ static void decompress_record(struct pstore_record *record)
 	int unzipped_len;
 	char *unzipped, *workspace;
 
-	if (!record->compressed)
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PSTORE_COMPRESSION) || !record->compressed)
 		return;
 
 	/* Only PSTORE_TYPE_DMESG support compression. */