diff --git a/usr/Kconfig b/usr/Kconfig
index 529caab1a328b3d56eeccbd6c7ae62a6cff6debd..bdf5bbd40727e7bd3af324ea8c37894c732d5993 100644
--- a/usr/Kconfig
+++ b/usr/Kconfig
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ config RD_LZ4
 
 choice
 	prompt "Built-in initramfs compression mode"
+	depends on INITRAMFS_SOURCE != ""
 	help
 	  This option allows you to decide by which algorithm the builtin
 	  initramfs will be compressed.  Several compression algorithms are
diff --git a/usr/Makefile b/usr/Makefile
index 244862bfb765a8d66dcf20a5daacf3d759e7a969..b6081bb2cc720892378539477f7e2dc279501a7f 100644
--- a/usr/Makefile
+++ b/usr/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # with unpack_to_rootfs(). Make size_append no-op.
 override size_append := :
 
-compress-$(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE)	:= shipped
+compress-y					:= shipped
 compress-$(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_GZIP)	:= gzip
 compress-$(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_BZIP2)	:= bzip2
 compress-$(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA)	:= lzma