diff --git a/meta-phosphor/conf/machine/include/obmc-bsp-common.inc b/meta-phosphor/conf/machine/include/obmc-bsp-common.inc
index 2026260..4bafeaf 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/conf/machine/include/obmc-bsp-common.inc
+++ b/meta-phosphor/conf/machine/include/obmc-bsp-common.inc
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         'mtd-ubi mtd-ubi-tar', \
         'mtd-static mtd-static-tar mtd-static-alltar', d)}"
 
-INITRAMFS_CTYPE ?= "lzma"
+INITRAMFS_CTYPE ?= "xz"
 INITRAMFS_FSTYPES = "cpio.${INITRAMFS_CTYPE}"
 INITRAMFS_IMAGE = "obmc-phosphor-initramfs"
 INITRAMFS_IMAGE_df-obmc-ubi-fs = ""