diff --git a/src/basic/compress.c b/src/basic/compress.c
index 7bacd65609..e557e59ca5 100644
--- a/src/basic/compress.c
+++ b/src/basic/compress.c
@@ -1715,6 +1715,8 @@ static int decompressor_new(Decompressor **ret, Compression type) {
         c->type = _COMPRESSION_INVALID;
 
         switch (type) {
+        case COMPRESSION_NONE:
+                break;
 
 #if HAVE_XZ
         case COMPRESSION_XZ:
@@ -1758,7 +1760,7 @@ static int decompressor_new(Decompressor **ret, Compression type) {
 #endif
 
         default:
-                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+                assert_not_reached();
         }
 
         c->type = type;
@@ -1780,6 +1782,9 @@ int decompress_stream(
         assert(fdf >= 0);
         assert(fdt >= 0);
 
+        if (type == COMPRESSION_NONE)
+                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
         r = dlopen_compress(type, LOG_DEBUG);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;