diff --git a/fs/erofs/decompressor.c b/fs/erofs/decompressor.c
index 6c46c8b822d1..6d5b288b5e30 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/decompressor.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/decompressor.c
@@ -161,9 +161,15 @@ static int z_erofs_lz4_decompress(struct z_erofs_decompress_req *rq, u8 *out)
 		}
 	}
 
-	ret = LZ4_decompress_safe_partial(src + inputmargin, out,
-					  inlen, rq->outputsize,
-					  rq->outputsize);
+	/* legacy format could compress extra data in a pcluster. */
+	if (rq->partial_decoding || !support_0padding)
+		ret = LZ4_decompress_safe_partial(src + inputmargin, out,
+						  inlen, rq->outputsize,
+						  rq->outputsize);
+	else
+		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);