diff --git a/common/image-fit.c b/common/image-fit.c
index e346fed550..5c63c769de 100644
--- a/common/image-fit.c
+++ b/common/image-fit.c
@@ -1998,10 +1998,11 @@ int fit_image_load(bootm_headers_t *images, ulong addr,
 	comp = IH_COMP_NONE;
 	loadbuf = buf;
 	/* Kernel images get decompressed later in bootm_load_os(). */
-	if (!(image_type == IH_TYPE_KERNEL ||
-	      image_type == IH_TYPE_KERNEL_NOLOAD) &&
-	    !fit_image_get_comp(fit, noffset, &comp) &&
-	    comp != IH_COMP_NONE) {
+	if (!fit_image_get_comp(fit, noffset, &comp) &&
+	    comp != IH_COMP_NONE &&
+	    !(image_type == IH_TYPE_KERNEL ||
+	      image_type == IH_TYPE_KERNEL_NOLOAD ||
+	      image_type == IH_TYPE_RAMDISK)) {
 		ulong max_decomp_len = len * 20;
 		if (load == data) {
 			loadbuf = malloc(max_decomp_len);
@@ -2021,6 +2022,10 @@ int fit_image_load(bootm_headers_t *images, ulong addr,
 		memcpy(loadbuf, buf, len);
 	}
 
+	if (image_type == IH_TYPE_RAMDISK && comp != IH_COMP_NONE)
+		puts("WARNING: 'compression' nodes for ramdisks are deprecated,"
+		     " please fix your .its file!\n");
+
 	/* verify that image data is a proper FDT blob */
 	if (image_type == IH_TYPE_FLATDT && fdt_check_header(loadbuf)) {
 		puts("Subimage data is not a FDT");
diff --git a/test/py/tests/test_fit.py b/test/py/tests/test_fit.py
index 8009d2907b..e3210ed43f 100755
--- a/test/py/tests/test_fit.py
+++ b/test/py/tests/test_fit.py
@@ -269,6 +269,11 @@ def test_fit(u_boot_console):
     def check_equal(expected_fname, actual_fname, failure_msg):
         """Check that a file matches its expected contents
 
+        This is always used on out-buffers whose size is decided by the test
+        script anyway, which in some cases may be larger than what we're
+        actually looking for. So it's safe to truncate it to the size of the
+        expected data.
+
         Args:
             expected_fname: Filename containing expected contents
             actual_fname: Filename containing actual contents
@@ -276,6 +281,8 @@ def test_fit(u_boot_console):
         """
         expected_data = read_file(expected_fname)
         actual_data = read_file(actual_fname)
+        if len(expected_data) < len(actual_data):
+            actual_data = actual_data[:len(expected_data)]
         assert expected_data == actual_data, failure_msg
 
     def check_not_equal(expected_fname, actual_fname, failure_msg):
@@ -435,7 +442,8 @@ def test_fit(u_boot_console):
             output = cons.run_command_list(cmd.splitlines())
             check_equal(kernel, kernel_out, 'Kernel not loaded')
             check_equal(control_dtb, fdt_out, 'FDT not loaded')
-            check_equal(ramdisk, ramdisk_out, 'Ramdisk not loaded')
+            check_not_equal(ramdisk, ramdisk_out, 'Ramdisk got decompressed?')
+            check_equal(ramdisk + '.gz', ramdisk_out, 'Ramdist not loaded')
 
 
     cons = u_boot_console