diff --git a/zipl/boot/eckd2dump.c b/zipl/boot/eckd2dump.c
index 037ace16..67d9204a 100644
--- a/zipl/boot/eckd2dump.c
+++ b/zipl/boot/eckd2dump.c
@@ -451,7 +451,8 @@ void readblock(unsigned long blk, unsigned long addr, unsigned long blk_count)
  * given block and return the next free block number. The len value must be
  * a multiple of a block size (4096 bytes).
  */
-unsigned long write_addr_range(unsigned long blk, unsigned long start, unsigned long len)
+unsigned long write_addr_range(unsigned long blk, unsigned long start,
+			       unsigned long len, int print_progress)
 {
 	unsigned long addr, start_blk, blk_count, zero_page;
 
@@ -468,8 +469,9 @@ unsigned long write_addr_range(unsigned long blk, unsigned long start, unsigned
 		zero_page = get_zeroed_page();
 		writeblock(blk, addr, blk_count, zero_page);
 		free_page(zero_page);
-		progress_print(addr);
 		blk += blk_count;
+		if (print_progress)
+			progress_print(addr);
 		addr += b2m(blk_count);
 	}
 	return blk;
@@ -491,7 +493,7 @@ unsigned long write_dump_segment(unsigned long blk,
 	free_page(zero_page);
 	blk += m2b(PAGE_SIZE);
 	/* Write the dump segment */
-	return write_addr_range(blk, segm->start, segm->len);
+	return write_addr_range(blk, segm->start, segm->len, PRINT_PROGRESS);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/zipl/boot/eckd2dump.h b/zipl/boot/eckd2dump.h
index 702e1f95..795ed6c4 100644
--- a/zipl/boot/eckd2dump.h
+++ b/zipl/boot/eckd2dump.h
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ void writeblock(unsigned long blk, unsigned long addr, unsigned long blk_count,
 void readblock(unsigned long blk, unsigned long addr, unsigned long blk_count);
 unsigned long write_dump_segment(unsigned long blk,
 				 struct df_s390_dump_segm_hdr *segm);
-unsigned long write_addr_range(unsigned long blk, unsigned long addr, unsigned long len);
+#define NO_PROGRESS		0
+#define PRINT_PROGRESS		1
+unsigned long write_addr_range(unsigned long blk, unsigned long addr,
+			       unsigned long len, int print_progress);
 
 #endif /* ECKD2DUMP_H */
diff --git a/zipl/boot/eckd2dump_zlib.c b/zipl/boot/eckd2dump_zlib.c
index 5601d011..bb96b774 100644
--- a/zipl/boot/eckd2dump_zlib.c
+++ b/zipl/boot/eckd2dump_zlib.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static int compress_write_next_chunk(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
 		 * notify the caller.
 		 */
 		if (rc != Z_OK) {
-			*blk = write_addr_range(start_blk, addr, len);
+			*blk = write_addr_range(start_blk, addr, len, NO_PROGRESS);
 			return COMPRESSION_ERROR;
 		}
 		if (strm->avail_out == 0) {
@@ -90,11 +90,11 @@ static int compress_write_next_chunk(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
 			 */
 			if (strm->total_out >= strm->total_in &&
 			    *blk == start_blk) {
-				*blk = write_addr_range(start_blk, addr, len);
+				*blk = write_addr_range(start_blk, addr, len, NO_PROGRESS);
 				return UNCOMPRESSED;
 			}
 			*blk = write_addr_range(*blk, (unsigned long)zlib_out_buf,
-						zlib_buf_size);
+						zlib_buf_size, NO_PROGRESS);
 			strm->next_out = (void *)zlib_out_buf;
 			strm->avail_out = zlib_buf_size;
 		}
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static int compress_write_next_chunk(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
 		strm->avail_in = 0;
 		rc = zlib_deflate(strm, Z_FINISH);
 		len = ROUND_UP(zlib_buf_size - strm->avail_out, PAGE_SIZE);
-		*blk = write_addr_range(*blk, (unsigned long)zlib_out_buf, len);
+		*blk = write_addr_range(*blk, (unsigned long)zlib_out_buf, len, NO_PROGRESS);
 		if (strm->avail_out == 0) {
 			strm->next_out = zlib_out_buf;
 			strm->avail_out = zlib_buf_size;
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ unsigned long write_compressed_dump_segment(unsigned long blk,
 		if (rc == UNCOMPRESSED || rc == COMPRESSION_ERROR)
 			segm->entry_offset[i] |= DUMP_SEGM_ENTRY_UNCOMPRESSED;
 		offset += blk - start_blk;
+		/* Print progress after each compressed chunk written */
 		progress_print(segm->start + i * chunk_size);
 	}
 	/* Compression successful, store compressed size in the segment header */