diff --git a/crash_reporter/kernel_collector.cc b/crash_reporter/kernel_collector.cc
index cd684ff49..98b3e8f26 100644
--- a/crash_reporter/kernel_collector.cc
+++ b/crash_reporter/kernel_collector.cc
@@ -96,14 +96,18 @@ bool KernelCollector::ReadRecordToString(std::string *contents,
     return false;
   }
 
+  *record_found = true;
   if (record_re.FullMatch(record, &captured)) {
     // Found a match, append it to the content, and remove from pstore.
     contents->append(captured);
-    base::DeleteFile(ramoops_record, false);
-    *record_found = true;
   } else {
-    *record_found = false;
+    // pstore compression has been added since kernel 3.12. In order to
+    // decompress dmesg correctly, ramoops driver has to strip the header
+    // before handing over the record to the pstore driver, so we don't
+    // need to do it here anymore.
+    contents->append(record);
   }
+  base::DeleteFile(ramoops_record, false);
 
   return true;
 }
diff --git a/crash_reporter/kernel_collector_test.cc b/crash_reporter/kernel_collector_test.cc
index d920fc651..6284f49ef 100644
--- a/crash_reporter/kernel_collector_test.cc
+++ b/crash_reporter/kernel_collector_test.cc
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ TEST_F(KernelCollectorTest, LoadPreservedDump) {
   std::string dump;
   dump.clear();
 
-  WriteStringToFile(kcrash_file(), "emptydata");
+  WriteStringToFile(kcrash_file(), "CrashRecordWithoutRamoopsHeader");
   ASSERT_TRUE(collector_.LoadParameters());
-  ASSERT_FALSE(collector_.LoadPreservedDump(&dump));
-  ASSERT_EQ("", dump);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(collector_.LoadPreservedDump(&dump));
+  ASSERT_EQ("CrashRecordWithoutRamoopsHeader", dump);
 
   WriteStringToFile(kcrash_file(), "====1.1\nsomething");
   ASSERT_TRUE(collector_.LoadParameters());
@@ -229,14 +229,6 @@ TEST_F(KernelCollectorTest, CollectPreservedFileMissing) {
   ASSERT_EQ(0, s_crashes);
 }
 
-TEST_F(KernelCollectorTest, CollectNoCrash) {
-  WriteStringToFile(kcrash_file(), "");
-  ASSERT_FALSE(collector_.Collect());
-  ASSERT_TRUE(FindLog("No valid records found"));
-  ASSERT_FALSE(FindLog("Stored kcrash to "));
-  ASSERT_EQ(0, s_crashes);
-}
-
 TEST_F(KernelCollectorTest, CollectBadDirectory) {
   WriteStringToFile(kcrash_file(), "====1.1\nsomething");
   ASSERT_TRUE(collector_.Collect());