diff --git a/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile b/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile
index 100db560d4d..8edd5780f0a 100644
--- a/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ define Device/mr24
   KERNEL_SIZE := 2048k
   IMAGE_SIZE := 8191k
   KERNEL := kernel-bin | lzma | uImage lzma | MerakiAdd-dtb | MerakiNAND
-  KERNEL_INITRAMFS := copy-file $(KDIR)/vmlinux | gzip | uImage gzip | MerakiAdd-dtb | pad-to 2047k | MerakiAdd-initramfs | MerakiNAND
+  KERNEL_INITRAMFS := copy-file $(KDIR)/vmlinux | lzma | uImage lzma | MerakiAdd-dtb | pad-to 2047k | MerakiAdd-initramfs | MerakiNAND
   IMAGE/sysupgrade.tar := sysupgrade-tar
 endef
 TARGET_DEVICES += mr24