diff --git a/src/include/cbfs.h b/src/include/cbfs.h
index bca089a73b..a6b2c027b3 100644
--- a/src/include/cbfs.h
+++ b/src/include/cbfs.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 #include <boot/coreboot_tables.h>
 /** These are standard values for the known compression
     alogrithms that coreboot knows about for stages and
-    payloads.  Of course, other LAR users can use whatever
+    payloads.  Of course, other CBFS users can use whatever
     values they want, as long as they understand them. */
 
 #define CBFS_COMPRESS_NONE  0
diff --git a/src/lib/cbfs.c b/src/lib/cbfs.c
index ad45ece95a..780d69f488 100644
--- a/src/lib/cbfs.c
+++ b/src/lib/cbfs.c
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 #define ntohl(x) (x)
 #endif
 
+unsigned long ulzma(unsigned char *src, unsigned char *dst);
+
 int cbfs_decompress(int algo, void *src, void *dst, int len)
 {
 	switch(algo) {
@@ -36,15 +38,15 @@ int cbfs_decompress(int algo, void *src, void *dst, int len)
 		memcpy(dst, src, len);
 		return 0;
 
-	case CBFS_COMPRESS_LZMA: {
-		unsigned long ulzma(unsigned char *src, unsigned char *dst);
-		ulzma(src, dst);
-	}
+	case CBFS_COMPRESS_LZMA:
+		if (!ulzma(src, dst)) {
+			printk_err("CBFS: LZMA decompression failed!\n");
+			return -1;
+		}
 		return 0;
 
 	default:
-		printk_info( "CBFS:  Unknown compression type %d\n",
-		       algo);
+		printk_info( "CBFS:  Unknown compression type %d\n", algo);
 		return -1;
 	}
 }