diff --git a/fs/erofs/decompressor.c b/fs/erofs/decompressor.c
index cd978af6bdb9..5d2d81940679 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/decompressor.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/decompressor.c
@@ -166,14 +166,18 @@ static int z_erofs_lz4_decompress(struct z_erofs_decompress_req *rq, u8 *out)
 		ret = LZ4_decompress_safe(src + inputmargin, out,
 					  inlen, rq->outputsize);
 
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		erofs_err(rq->sb, "failed to decompress, in[%u, %u] out[%u]",
-			  inlen, inputmargin, rq->outputsize);
+	if (ret != rq->outputsize) {
+		erofs_err(rq->sb, "failed to decompress %d in[%u, %u] out[%u]",
+			  ret, inlen, inputmargin, rq->outputsize);
+
 		WARN_ON(1);
 		print_hex_dump(KERN_DEBUG, "[ in]: ", DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET,
 			       16, 1, src + inputmargin, inlen, true);
 		print_hex_dump(KERN_DEBUG, "[out]: ", DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET,
 			       16, 1, out, rq->outputsize, true);
+
+		if (ret >= 0)
+			memset(out + ret, 0, rq->outputsize - ret);
 		ret = -EIO;
 	}